bloated
美音:
[´bləutıd
]英音:
[´bləutıd
]adj.浮肿的,发胀的,傲慢的
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bloated
/'bləʊtɪd; `blotɪd/
adj swollen with fat, gas or liquid (因含脂肪、气体或液体)肿胀的
*a bloated face 臃肿的脸
* I've had so much to eat I feel absolutely bloated. 我吃得过多, 肚子胀得不得了.
* (fig 比喻) bloated with pride 骄傲自大的.
bloated
adj
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: bloat 'to swell' (17-21 centuries), from bloat 'swollen' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse blautr 'soft, swollen with liquid']
full of liquid, gas, food etc, so that you look or feel much larger than normal
a red bloated face
I feel really bloated after that meal.
if you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively
the bloated state bureaucracy