名詞 bloat:

1. swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas

動(dòng)詞 bloat:

1. become bloated or swollen or puff up
2. make bloated or swollen

bloat

v.（動(dòng)詞）
bloat.ed,bloat.ing,bloats
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cause to swell up or inflate, as with liquid or gas.
使膨脹：使腫起或膨脹，如通過(guò)液體或氣體
To cure (fish) by soaking in brine and half-drying in smoke.
用鹽腌或煙熏至半干制得的（魚）
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To become swollen or inflated:
使腫脹：變腫或膨脹：
例句：
.Government had bloated out of control.(Lance Morrow)
.政府機(jī)構(gòu)過(guò)于龐大，失去控制.(蘭斯·莫羅)

n.（名詞）
A swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of cattle and domestic animals that is caused by excessive gas formation following fermentation of ingested watery legumes or green forage.
腸道炎：牛和家畜因吞食的含水野菜或綠色飼料發(fā)酵而形成過(guò)多氣體，造成的胃和腸道腫大
An excess or surfeit, as of employees, expenses, or procedures:
過(guò)多，過(guò)盛：過(guò)多或過(guò)盛，如雇員、費(fèi)用或程序：
例句：
corporate bloat.
公司人員過(guò)剩

來(lái)源：
From Middle English blout [soft, puffed]
源自 中古英語(yǔ) blout [軟的，噴氣的]
from Old Norse blautr [soft, soaked] * see bhleu-
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語(yǔ) blautr [軟的，浸濕的] *參見 bhleu-