adj(1) 肥的，脂肪多的(containing too much fat)：～meat 肥肉;The meat is too～for me. 这肉对我来说太肥了。stay away from～foods 不吃油腻的食品;〖同〗 fatty，greasy，oily;〖反〗 lean;

(2) 肥胖的(having too much fat around the body)：get (too)～变(得太)胖;a～boy/cow 肥胖的男孩/肥牛;He decided to go on a diet because he is too～. 因为太胖了，他决定节食减肥。Oily food will make you even～ter. 油腻食品会使你更加肥胖。〖同〗heavy，overweight，fleshy;〖反〗 lean，skinny，thin，slender，slim，slight;

(3) 厚的;满的(thick;full)：a～book/purse/bank account 厚厚的书/鼓鼓的钱包/存款丰厚的银行账户;〖同〗 thick，full，plentiful，abundant;〖反〗thin，empty;

(4) 肥沃的;高产的(fertile;producing abundant crops)：～lands/soil/farms 肥沃的土地/肥沃的土壤/高产的农场;〖同〗 rich，fertile;〖反〗 poor，lean;

(5) 丰(优)厚的;巨大的(large or abundant) (infml)：a～job 待遇优厚的工作;～income 丰厚的收入;get a～paycheck/a sum of money 收到丰厚的工资/收到一大笔钱;give sb a～cheque 送给某人一张数额巨大的支票;make/turn out a～profit 赚取/创造丰厚的利润;pay a～price for 为……付出巨大的代价;

a fat chance 几乎等于零的机会：A～chance he has of winning the race. 他赢得赛跑的机会很小。

a fat lot 很少，几乎不：I know a～lot about the matter. 这事我几乎一无所知。

a fat lot of good/use 根本没用：A～lot of good that will be. 那一点用都没有。

→′fatness n 肥胖;′fatten v 养肥，使肥沃;′fattener n 养肥禽畜的人;养肥后供宰杀的禽畜;′fatly ad 富饶(丰富)地，胖子般地;

n(1) 脂肪，油脂(oily substance found in animal bodies or certain plants) [C，U]：animal/plant/cooking～s 动物脂肪/植物油/烹调油;be cooked/be fried in～用油烹调(炸，煎);

(2) 肥肉(white or yellow substance found between the skin and the flesh in human or animal bodies) [U]：put on～发胖;I don't like the meat with too much～on it. 我不喜欢太肥的肉。I can't eat～. 我不能吃肥肉。

chew the fat 闲聊：They like to sit and chew the～under a tree in summer. 在夏天，他们喜欢坐在大树下聊天。

live off/on the fat of the land 过奢侈的生活：After he became suddenly rich，he decided to live off/on the～of the land. 他暴富之后，决定过奢侈的生活。

the fat's in the fire 出麻烦;闯祸：You stole it? Well，the～is in the fire now. 是你偷的? 你的麻烦来了。

→′fatless adj 无脂肪的;′fatted adj 养肥的;′fattiness n 油腻;′fattish adj 稍肥(胖)的;′fatty adj 脂肪多的，油腻的;

【辨异】 fat及stout 都指“胖的”。fat 是一个意义较广的词，既可以指健康、营养好的粗壮，也可以指臃肿难看、不健康的肥胖，是描述人体肥胖最常用和最直截了当的词，但不够礼貌，如：The fat boy cannot run very fast. (那个肥胖的男孩跑不快。) stout (相当胖的，强壮的)强调粗壮肥大，常用于“过于肥胖”的委婉语，口气较礼貌，如：a man of stout build (一个身材粗壮的人)。