名詞 fat:

1. a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
2. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
   同義詞：adipose tissue, fatty tissue
3. excess bodily weight
   同義詞：fatness, blubber, avoirdupois

動詞 fat:

1. make fat or plump
   同義詞：fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up

形容詞 fat:

1. having much flesh (especially fat)
2. having a relatively large diameter
3. containing or composed of fat
   同義詞：fatty
4. lucrative
   同義詞：juicy
5. marked by great fruitfulness
   同義詞：fertile, productive, rich
6. a chubby body
   同義詞：rounded

1. If you don't get more exercise, you'll get fat.
   如果你不多作運動，就會發(fā)胖。
2. The tight jumper only accentuated his fat stomach.
   那件緊身套頭毛衣反更突出了他那肥胖的肚子。
3. I was so tightly wedged between two fat women that it was difficult for me to get up and leave the bus.
   我被兩個肥胖的女人緊緊地擠在中間，以致于要站起來下公共汽車都很難。
4. He can't eat fat.
   他不能吃肥肉。

fat

n.（名詞）

The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
油脂：甘油脂或一、二、三脂肪酸
Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
脂肪，油脂：柔軟的、固態(tài)的或半固態(tài)的有機成分，包括甘油酯、脂肪酸以及它們的衍生有機成分
A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
動物油脂，植物油脂：此種成分的混合物，廣泛存在于有機組織里，特別是在動物的脂肪組織、以及植物的種子、堅果以及水果里
Animal tissue containing such substances.
肥肉：包含這些物質(zhì)的動物組織
A solidified animal or vegetable oil.
凝固的肥油：固化的動物或植物油
Obesity; corpulence.
肥大；肥胖
The best or richest part:
最好的部分，最肥沃的部分：
例句：
living off the fat of the land.
以土地的最肥沃的部分為生

Unnecessary excess:
不必要的東西，多余的東西：
例句：
.would drain the appropriation`s fat without cutting into education`s muscle.(New York Times)
.可能刪減多余的撥款，而同時不損害教育的品質(zhì).(紐約時報)

adj.（形容詞）
fat.ter,fat.test
Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.
肥胖的：有過多的脂肪或肉的；豐滿的或肥胖的
Full of fat or oil; greasy.
多油的：富含脂肪或油的；多脂的
Abounding in desirable elements.
優(yōu)厚的，誘人的：充滿大量所希望的成分的
Fertile or productive; rich:
肥沃的，多產(chǎn)的；富裕的：
例句：
.It was a fine, green, fat landscape.(Robert Louis Stevenson)
.這是一片碧綠而肥沃的優(yōu)美風景.(羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)

Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked:
豐富的，充足的；儲備好的：
例句：
a fat larder.
塞得滿滿的食品櫥

Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding:
收益多的：產(chǎn)生利潤的，大量的；賺錢的，合算的：
例句：
a fat promotion.
一次有利可圖的產(chǎn)品推廣

Prosperous; wealthy:
興旺的；富有的：
例句：
grew fat on illegal profits.
大發(fā)不義之財

Thick; large:
厚的；大的：
例句：
a fat book.
一本厚書

Puffed up; swollen:
鼓起的；腫的：
例句：
a fat lip.
腫脹的嘴唇

v.tr.intr.（及物動詞和不及物動詞）
fat.ted,fat.ting,fats
To make or become fat; fatten.
變胖；發(fā)胖

<習慣用語>a fat lot【俚語】
Very little or none at all:
很少，根本沒有：
例句：
a fat lot of good it will do him.
對他一點好處也沒有

fat chance【俚語】
Very little or no chance.
很少或沒有機會
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English fôtt * see pei…-
源自 古英語 fôtt *參見 pei…-

【引伸】
fat.ly
adv.（副詞）
fat.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>fat,obese,corpulent,fleshy,portly,stout,pudgy,rotund,plump,chubbyThese adjectives mean having an abundance and often an excess of flesh.
這些形容詞意思是.有豐富且通常是過量的肉.。
Fat implies excessive weight and is generally unfavorable in its connotations:
Fat 指過多的重量，通常為貶意：
例句：
not merely overweight but downright fat.
不僅是超重，簡直是肥胖透頂。

Obese andcorpulent imply gross overweight:
Obese 和corpulent 指總體超重：
例句：
.a woman of robust frame . . . though stout, not obese. (Charlotte Brontô).
.一個體格強健的婦女…盡管健壯卻并不肥胖. （夏洛蒂·勃朗特）。

例句：
Her father is too corpulent to play handball.
她父親太胖以至不能玩手球。

Fleshy implies a not necessarily excessive abundance of flesh:
Fleshy 指肉的不必要的過多：
例句：
firm, fleshy arms.
結實、多肉的胳膊。

Portly andstout are sometimes used as polite terms to describe fatness. In stricter applicationportly refers to a person whose bulk is combined with a stately or imposing bearing, andstout, to a person with a thickset, bulky figure:
Portly 和stout 有時用作描述肥胖的禮貌用詞。 在更嚴格的用法中，portly 指身體與一種莊嚴的或強加的忍耐力聯(lián)系在一起的人， 而stout 指身材矮胖、粗壯的人：
例句：
.a portly, rubicund man of middle age. (Winston Churchill).
.一個粗壯的紅臉膛中年人. （溫斯頓·丘吉爾）。

例句：
Even slim girls can become stout matrons.
甚至苗條的女孩也能變成強健的婦女。

Pudgy means short and fat:
Pudgy 意為矮且胖：
例句：
pudgy fingers.
矮胖身材。

Rotund suggests roundness of figure, often in a squat person:
Rotund 含有身材圓滾的意思，通常指一個蹲著的人：
例句：
.this pink-faced rotund specimen of prosperity. (George Eliot).
.這位粉臉圓胖的成功人士. （喬治·艾略特）。

Plump applies to a pleasing fullness of figure:
Plump 指身材悅目的豐滿：
例句：
a plump, rosy little girl. Achubby person is round and plump:
一個豐滿的、粉撲撲的小女孩。 Clubby 指人圓且豐滿：

例句：
a chubby toddler;
圓嘟嘟蹣跚學步的小孩；

例句：
chubby cheeks.
胖嘟嘟的臉蛋