flat·u·lent /-lənt/
(a.)腸胃氣脹的,空虛的,浮誇的
flat·u·lent /-lənt/ 形容詞
氣脹的
Flat·u·lent a.
1. Affected with flatus2 or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. --Arbuthnot.
3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor.
4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. --Dryden.
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flatulent
adj 1: generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: colicky,
gassy]