glut
/ɡlʌt/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡlʌt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈglət/ (ame, mw)
glut — 名詞
- glutsingular
- glutsplural
1. a situation where the amount of something available is far larger than people wa
供過於求
市場上供應量遠超過需求的狀況
a situation where the amount of something available is far larger than people want to buy, eat, or use — for example, when farmers harvest too much fruit one year and prices fall sharply.
A glut of mangoes in Thailand pushed prices down to almost nothing this summer.
泰國芒果今年夏天供過於求，價格幾乎跌到一文不值。
collocation: a glut of [commodity] + market effect
Felipe complained that the wheat glut had ruined his family's harvest income.
Felipe 抱怨小麥過剩毀掉了他家的收成收入。
noun + noun pattern: [commodity] glut
The current glut of cheap solar panels has hurt several European manufacturers badly.
目前廉價太陽能板供過於求，已嚴重打擊好幾家歐洲製造商。
Streaming services face a glut of new shows that few viewers ever finish.
串流平台面臨新節目過剩的問題，觀眾很少有人看完。
There is currently a glut of unsold apartments sitting empty across the city centre.
目前市中心有大量未售出的公寓空置，呈現嚴重過剩。
- surplus
more neutral; can be planned or beneficial
- oversupply
near-synonym; common in economics writing
- excess
broader; covers any amount beyond what is needed, abstract or concrete
- surfeit
formal/literary; often about food, pleasure, or information
文法句型
a glut of [noun]
glut on the market
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a market commodity, product, or resource — not abstract qualities. Frequently followed by 'of' + plural noun naming the oversupplied thing. The word implies the oversupply is a problem (falling prices, waste, slow sales), not simply abundance.
常見錯誤
glut — 動詞
- glutpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gluts3rd person singular
- glutting-ing form
- gluttedpast simple
1. to put so many copies of a product onto a market that the amount for sale become
使飽和；充斥
把過多商品投入市場使其飽和
to put so many copies of a product onto a market that the amount for sale becomes much larger than people want to buy, causing prices to fall.
Cheap factories in several countries are glutting the market with low-quality steel pipes.
好幾個國家的廉價工廠正以低品質鋼管充斥市場。
pattern: glut the market with [product]
The harbour town has been glutted with frozen fish since the new boats arrived.
自從新漁船到來後，這個港口小鎮就充斥著冷凍魚。
passive: be glutted with [commodity]
Nora warned that exporting too many olives would glut the European market within months.
Nora 警告，出口太多橄欖會在幾個月內使歐洲市場供過於求。
By autumn, second-hand bookshops in town were glutted with abandoned student textbooks.
到了秋天，鎮上的二手書店已堆滿學生丟棄的舊課本。
Discount supermarkets have glutted the city with very cheap winter clothing this season.
折扣超市本季已用非常便宜的冬衣充斥整座城市。
- undersupply
deliberately put too little onto a market
文法句型
glut the market with [noun]
be glutted with [noun]
用法筆記
Almost always takes a market, region, or industry as the object — not individual customers. Frequently appears in the passive ('the market is glutted with X'). Distinguish from sense 2: this verb sense is about commerce, not eating.
常見錯誤
2. to fill yourself completely with food or drink by eating greedily and without st
大吃；飽食
貪婪地吃喝直到完全飽足
to fill yourself completely with food or drink by eating greedily and without stopping, often until you feel uncomfortable; usually used reflexively with 'oneself'.
After fasting all day, Asher glutted himself on roast lamb and warm bread.
禁食一整天後，Asher 大口吃下烤羊肉和熱麵包，吃到飽。
reflexive pattern: glut oneself on [food]
The hungry travellers glutted themselves with hot soup, cheese, and dark country bread.
飢餓的旅人們大吃熱湯、起司和深色鄉村麵包。
reflexive pattern: glut themselves with [multiple foods]
Layla warned the children not to glut themselves on cake before dinner.
Layla 警告孩子們，晚餐前不要把蛋糕吃個精光。
Kofi watched the bears glut themselves on salmon in the shallow river.
Kofi 看著熊群在淺河中飽食鮭魚。
文法句型
glut oneself on/with [food]
用法筆記
Almost always reflexive: 'glut oneself on/with' + food. Felt as old-fashioned or literary; in everyday speech, 'stuff oneself' or 'gorge oneself' is more natural. Distinguish from sense 1 (verb): this sense is about a person eating, never about supplying a market.