fatten up

• 动词短语，指通过增加喂食使某人或某动物长胖，也指使某物在数量、规模或程度上增大。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making someone or something fatter, often by feeding them more, or to increase the size or quantity of something.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Make or become fatterinformal

   To cause an animal or person to gain weight, often for health or market purposes.

   催肥

   • The farmer is fattening up the pigs for market.
   • She is trying to fatten up her skinny cat with extra food.
   • They fattened up the cattle before the winter.

   同义词build upfattenflesh outplump up

   反义词emaciateleanreduceslimthin

2. Increase in size or valueinformal

   To make something larger, more substantial, or more profitable.

   扩大

   • The company is fattening up its portfolio with new acquisitions.
   • He fattened up his savings account by working overtime.
   • The investor fattened up his returns by selling at the right time.

   同义词augmentbeef upboostbuild upenhanceenlargeexpandincrease

   反义词decreasereduceshrink

基本动词fatten