| 词组 | fasten |
| 释义 | 1． 注意，fasten 中 t 不发音。 2． 注意其的常用句型: Please fasten the bolt. ( fasten sth) He fastened the door inside with a piece of string. ( fasten sth with sth) He fastened the balloon down. ( fasten sth down) Fasten up your overcoat. ( fasten up sth) He fastened his boat with rope to a post. ( fasten sth with sth to sth) He fastened the scarf around her neck. ( fasten sth around sth) He fastened the strap to the box. ( fasten sth to sth) He used the rope to fasten things together. ( fasten sth together) fast food 有可数和不可数两种形式。 1． 可数: hamburgers，chips and other fast foods 2． 不可数: He just ate snacks and fast food. fat，obese，plump，overweight 1． 这组词都有“胖”的含义。 1) 表示“胖”，fat 最直截了当，不少书提醒，“说别人 fat 是不礼貌的”，实际上不完全如此，请看: a fat baby He looks slightly fat. 2) 用 fat 形容动物更有褒义: fat cattle 肥牛 3) 但对妇女尽量不要用 fat，那样不礼貌。 4) obese 是医学用语: in incidence of heart failure in obese persons 5) plump 在形容“胖”的词汇中语气最轻，一般是个褒义词。这种“胖”常常是“丰满成熟”的表现，用英语可解释为 soft ripeness，西方人认为，那种体形是可爱的: the plump goddesses of the oil paintings a baby with plump little arms and legs 6 ) overweight 顾名思义是“超重的”，因而强调由于身体过重而 “胖”，也包含“不健康”的意思: Nearly half the people in this country are overweight. 2． 表示“胖”的词汇还有很多: large big chubby dumpy stout tubby adipose buxom fleshy corpulent portly |
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