bloat

bloat1
verb
  1. [with obj.]cause to swell with fluid or gas
    使膨胀，使肿起，使鼓起
    the fungus has bloated their abdomens.
    真菌已使它们的腹部肿胀起来了。
    ■[noobj.]become swollen with fluid or gas
    膨胀，肿起，鼓起
    [as noun bloating]she suffered from abdominal bloating.
    因腹部鼓胀而受苦。
noun
  1. [mass noun]a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach
    （牲畜）胃气胀
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (in the sense 'cause to swell'): from obsolete bloat 'swollen, soft', perhaps from Old Norse blautr 'soft, flabby'. The noun sense dates from the late 19th cent
bloat2
verb
  1. [with obj.]cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly
    腌熏（鲱鱼）
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: related to the adjective bloat used in the compound bloat herring 'bloater' from the late 16th to mid 17th cent.; of obscure origin
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