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obese

英 [ə(ʊ)'biːs] 美 [o'bis]

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解释

adj. 肥胖的，过胖的

※ 提供单词"obese"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

obese 肥胖的

ob-,在上，表强调，-es,吃，词源同edible,eat.即吃多了，引申词义肥胖的。

英文词源

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 oferfæt "overfat."

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例句和用法

1. The old man is really obese; it can't be healthy.: 那位老人确实过于肥胖了, 不能算是健康.

2. Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.: 又胖又懒危害健康.

3. For many obese people, that is a welcome start.: 对许多人来讲, 那可是个受欢迎的开端.

4. Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.: 胖人常常比瘦人血压高。

5. The tendency to become obese is at least in part hereditary.: 发胖至少有一部分是源于遗传。