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Latin Obesus 10584.Obese 英 ə(ʊ)'Biːs]美 O'bis 释义 Adj

正面 10584.obese
英 [ə(ʊ)'biːs]美 [o'bis]

背面
释义:
adj. 肥胖的,过胖的
例句:
1. The old man is really obese; it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了, 不能算是健康.

(谐音:O必死)(把身体吃成O形必死无疑)
obese 肥胖的ob-,在上,表强调,-es,吃,词源同edible,eat.即吃多了,引申词义肥胖的。
obeseobese: see eatobese (adj.)1650s, back-formation from obesity and in part from Latin obesus "fat, stout, plump," past participle of obedere "that has eaten itself fat" (see obesity). According to OED, "Rare before 19th c." Related: Obeseness. Latin obesus was translated in Old English as oferfæt "overfat.""

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