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overweight adj.
⇨ fatfat adjective fat ♦︎ overweight ♦︎ plump ♦︎ obese ♦︎ chubby ♦︎ stoutThese words all describe people who have too much flesh on their body and weigh too much. 这些词均表示肥胖的、过重的。NOTE 辨析 Although people talk a lot about their own size or weight, it is generally not considered polite to refer to a person's large size or their weight when you talk to them. 虽然人们常谈论自己的身材和体重，但一般认为与人谈话时提及对方的胖大身材或体重是不礼貌的。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达肥胖的程度| plump | ➔ | stout | ➔ | fat | ➔ | obese | | chubby | | | | overweight | | |
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a fat / an overweight / a plump / an obese / a chubby / a stout man / woman◆a fat / an overweight / a plump / an obese / a chubby child◆a fat / an overweight / a plump / a chubby baby◆a fat / plump / chubby boy / girl◆a fat / plump / chubby / stout body / face◆fat / plump / chubby arms / cheeks / fingers / legs / hands■ fat (of a person or part of the body) having too much flesh and weighing too much （人或身体部位）肥胖的◆A big fat man walked into the room.一个胖大汉走进房间。◆You'll get fat if you eat so much chocolate.你如果吃这么多巧克力会发胖的。◆I was ashamed of my fat flabby legs.我为自己发胖松弛的双腿感到羞愧。ⓘ Fat is the most common and direct word, but it is not polite to say to sb that they are fat. Fat is used more frequently in spoken English than in written English. * fat最通用，意思最直接，但当面用fat说某人胖不礼貌。fat较常用于口语而非书面语中。 OPP thin ⇨ thin ▸ fatness noun [uncountable] ◆Fatness tends to run in families.肥胖往往有遗传性。■ overweight (of a person) too heavy and fat; weighing more than you should to be perfectly healthy （人）太胖的，超重的；过胖而不健康的◆She was only a few pounds overweight.她只是超重几磅而已。◆A number of medical conditions are due to being overweight.一些疾病的起因是体重超标。ⓘ It is less offensive to talk about sb being overweight than to talk about them being fat, but it is still not polite to say to sb that they are overweight. 与fat相比，overweight冒犯的意味较轻，但当面用overweight说某人胖仍然是不礼貌的。 OPP underweight ⇨ thin ■ plump (of a person or part of the body) having a soft, round body; slightly fat （人或身体部位）丰腴的，微胖的；丰满的◆Our new teacher was a short, plump woman.我们的新老师是位女士，个子不高，身材圆润。◆His plump face was pink with embarrassment.他圆鼓鼓的脸庞因尴尬而涨得绯红。ⓘ Plump suggests that a person is slightly fat in an attractive way. * plump指体态丰腴迷人。 OPP slim ⇨ thin ■ obese / /əʊˈbiːs; NAmE oʊˈbiːs/ (rather formal or medical 医学) (of a person) very fat, in a way that is not healthy （人）痴肥的，臃肿的，病态肥胖的◆Obese patients are given dietary advice.给过于肥胖的病人提了饮食方面的建议。ⓘ Obese is used by doctors to describe people who are so fat that they are unhealthy. It is also used in a general way to mean 'very fat'. * obese是医学用语，指患肥胖症的，亦可泛指十分肥胖。▸ obesity noun [uncountable] ◆Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease.肥胖会增加患心脏病的危险。■ chubby (often approving) (of a person or part of the body) slightly fat in a way that people usually find attractive （人或身体部位）胖乎乎的，圆胖的◆Aah, look at his chubby little hands!啊，看看他胖乎乎的小手！◆She was eleven years old and pretty in a chubby sort of way.她十一岁，胖乎乎的，很可爱。ⓘ Chubby is used mainly to describe babies and children. * chubby主要用以形容婴儿和儿童。 OPP skinny ⇨ thin ■ stout /staʊt/ / (especially BrE, rather formal) (of a man or woman) rather fat （男人或女人）肥胖的，肥壮的◆He was a stout man with a red face.他是个红脸壮汉。▸ stoutly adverb ◆He was tall and stoutly built.他长得五大三粗的。 |