obese
英[?(?)'bi?s]
美[o'bis]
- adj. 肥胖的，過胖的
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?obesity;
助記提示
（諧音：O必死）（把身體吃成O形必死無疑）
中文詞源
obese 肥胖的
ob-,在上，表強調(diào)，-es,吃，詞源同edible,eat.即吃多了，引申詞義肥胖的。
英文詞源
- obese
- obese: see eat
- obese (adj.)
- 1650s, back-formation from obesity and in part from Latin obesus "fat, stout, plump," past participle of obedere "that has eaten itself fat" (see obesity). According to OED, "Rare before 19th c." Related: Obeseness. Latin obesus was translated in Old English as oferf?t "overfat."
雙語例句
- 1. The old man is really obese; it can't be healthy.
- 那位老人確實過于肥胖了, 不能算是健康.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.
- 又胖又懶危害健康.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. For many obese people, that is a welcome start.
- 對許多人來講, 那可是個受歡迎的開端.
來自英漢非文學 - 生命科學 - 醫(yī)學的第四次革命
- 4. Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.
- 胖人常常比瘦人血壓高。
來自辭典例句
- 5. The tendency to become obese is at least in part hereditary.
- 發(fā)胖至少有一部分是源于遺傳。
來自辭典例句