Bloat

bloat



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醃燻(魚)



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–verb (used with object) 

1. to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell: Overeating bloated their [bellies].  



2. to puff up; make vain 

or 

conceited: The promotion has bloated his [ego] to an alarming degree.  



3. to [cure] (fishes) as bloaters.  



–verb (used without object) 

4. to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated: The [carcass] started to bloat.  



–noun 

5. Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) 



a distention of the rumen (瘤胃) or paunch (腹,胃) or of the large colon (結腸) by gases of fermentation (發酵), caused by eating ravenously (femished!!!) of green forage (草料), esp. legumes. [leg-yoom] (豆科植物)



6. a person or thing that is bloated. 

7. bloater (defs. 1, 2).  



—Synonyms 

1. swell, inflate, enlarge, balloon.





　

Another thing we see in the raw numbers is that Stone seems to have better artistic success on a tight budget. Heaven and Earth was the beginning of a rough and bloated decade when 5 films with a combined budget of over $350 mil returned only $183 mil (domestic). The Oscars dried up during the same period, with Nixon being the sole nominee. World Trade Center saw Stone drift from left to center, ideologically, and maybe he thinks that’s part of the reason it earned its money back.





turgid (swollen) turgid [language]

turbid (dark & muddy)



cadre

They hoped to form a [cadre] of veteran party [members].  

Nubile