fat
adjective(comparative fatter, superlative fattest)
Word Family
Idioms - fat adjective
- fatty adjective
- fatten verb
- fattening adjective
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(of a person’s or an animal’s body 人或动物的身体 having too much flesh on it and weighing too much 肥的；肥胖的 a big fat man/woman 大胖男人／女人 You'll get fat if you eat so much chocolate. 你如果吃这么多巧克力是会发胖的。 He grew fatter and fatter. 他愈来愈胖了。 I was ashamed of my fat flabby legs. 我为自己发胖松弛的双腿感到羞愧。
Vocabulary Building Saying that somebody is fatopposite thinSaying that somebody is fat 形容人肥胖 - Fat is the most common and direct word, but it is not polite to say to someone that they are fat:
fat 最常用，意思最直接，但当面说某人 fat 不礼貌： Does this dress make me look fat? 我穿这连衣裙显胖吗？ - You’re looking fat now.
- Overweight is a more neutral word:
I’m a bit overweight. 我有点超重。
- Large or heavy is less offensive than fat:
She’s a rather large woman. 她是个大块头。
big 指人又高又胖： Her sister is a big girl, isn’t she? 她姐姐块头挺大的，是吗？
- Plump means slightly fat in an attractive way, often used to describe women.
plump 常用于形容女性丰满。 - Chubby is used mainly to describe babies and children who are fat in a pleasant, healthy-looking way:
chubby 主要用以形容婴儿和孩子健康可爱、胖乎乎的样子： the baby’s chubby cheeks 婴儿胖乎乎的脸蛋
- Tubby (informal) is used in a friendly way to describe people who are short and round, especially around the stomach.
tubby（非正式）用于善意地描述矮胖的人，尤指肚子圆滚滚的。 - Stocky is a neutral word and means fairly short, broad and strong.
stocky 是中性词，意为矮壮。 - Stout is often used to describe older people who have a round and heavy appearance:
stout 常用以描述圆胖壮实的较年长者： a short stout man with a bald head 一个矮壮秃顶男人
- Flabby describes body parts that are fat and loose:
exercises to firm up flabby thighs 使大腿松弛肌肉结实的锻炼
- Obese is used by doctors to describe people who are so fat that they are unhealthy. It is also used in a general way to mean ‘really fat’.
obese 是医学用语，指患肥胖症，亦可泛指十分肥胖。
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancea1I was sitting next to a big fat man. 我坐在一位大胖男人旁边。 Try to cut out the foods that are making you fat. 尽量不吃使人变胖的东西。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- enormously
- hugely
- immensely
- …
- big fat
(of meat 肉 containing a lot of fat 脂肪： 含有大量脂肪fat bacon/sausages 油腻的熏肉/香肠
thick or wide 厚的；宽大的 a fat volume on American history 厚厚的一册美国史 a big fat envelope stuffed with banknotes 塞满钞票的鼓鼓囊囊的一个大信封
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- enormously
- hugely
- immensely
- …
- big fat
- [only before noun] (informal)
large in quantity; worth a lot of money 大量的；值钱的
Word OriginOld English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist.
Idioms
(a) fat chance (of something/doing something)
a fat lot of good, use, etc.
it’s not over until the fat lady sings
- (saying)
used for saying that a situation may still change, for example that a contest, election, etc. is not finished yet, and somebody still has a chance to win it 最后才能见输赢；不到最后，结果难料