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fatter
(a.)fat的比較級
Fat, a. [Compar. Fatter superl. Fattest ]
1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.
Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10.
3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle.
5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]
Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift.
6. Typog. Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.
fat
adj 1: having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered
how fat she was" [ant: thin]
2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
[syn: fatty] [ant: nonfat]
4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: juicy]
5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fertile,
productive, rich]
6: a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
[syn: rounded]
n 1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and
consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly
triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
2: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a
source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and
insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from
the severe cold" [syn: adipose tissue, fatty tissue]
3: excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in
herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, blubber,
avoirdupois] [ant: leanness]
v : make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
child" [syn: fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump,
plump out, fatten out, fatten up]
[also: fatting, fatted, fattest, fatter]