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glut n.供过于求；过量v.使充满；过量供应 (1) 影院供过于求还导致大型连锁影院关闭自己的老影院。(2) 更有甚者，过量的规定就等于将司机象孩子一样对待，并且招来怨恨。(3) 起初只是略微的供过于求，如今却开始演变成一场声势浩大的严重供应过量，整个行业都因此受到了影响，这种情况或许需要数年时间才能结束。 Glut comes from the Old French gloter, meaning "to swallow too much." The glottis is the part of your body where your vocal folds reside and where you swallow. If you go to the movies alone and get the family tub of popcorn, you are glutting yourself on the salty snack, but do try not to get any popcorn stuck in your glottis. Glut is used more commonly in reference to the economics of the marketplace, where an oversupply of one thing lowers prices.

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英 [ɡlʌt] 美 [ɡlʌt] (1) The glut of movie screens has also prompted the big chains to shutter their own historic theaters.(2) What's more, the glut of prohibitions is tantamount to treating the driver like a child and it also foments resentment.(3) What started out as a slight oversupply is turning into a full-blown supply glut which is sending shockwaves through the whole industry and which could take years to play out. A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price. A glut of heavy metal T-shirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]供过于求；供应过剩 If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used.   [usu sing]There's a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe.西欧的农产品供过于求。...a world oil glut.全球石油供应过剩2[VERB 动词]充斥；使供应过剩 If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing.   [be V-ed with n]  [V n]  [BUSINESS 商]The region is glutted with hospitals...该地区的医院数量已经饱和。Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market.从战场返乡的士兵挤爆了劳动力市场。

英语单词	glut
英美音标	英 [ɡlʌt] 美 [ɡlʌt]
中文释义	n.供过于求；过量 v.使充满；过量供应
英语例句	(1) The glut of movie screens has also prompted the big chains to shutter their own historic theaters. (2) What's more, the glut of prohibitions is tantamount to treating the driver like a child and it also foments resentment. (3) What started out as a slight oversupply is turning into a full-blown supply glut which is sending shockwaves through the whole industry and which could take years to play out.
中文例句	(1) 影院供过于求还导致大型连锁影院关闭自己的老影院。 (2) 更有甚者，过量的规定就等于将司机象孩子一样对待，并且招来怨恨。 (3) 起初只是略微的供过于求，如今却开始演变成一场声势浩大的严重供应过量，整个行业都因此受到了影响，这种情况或许需要数年时间才能结束。
vocabulary简明	A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price. A glut of heavy metal T-shirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room.
vocabulary扩展	Glut comes from the Old French gloter, meaning "to swallow too much." The glottis is the part of your body where your vocal folds reside and where you swallow. If you go to the movies alone and get the family tub of popcorn, you are glutting yourself on the salty snack, but do try not to get any popcorn stuck in your glottis. Glut is used more commonly in reference to the economics of the marketplace, where an oversupply of one thing lowers prices.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]供过于求；供应过剩 If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used. [usu sing] There's a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe. 西欧的农产品供过于求。 ...a world oil glut. 全球石油供应过剩 2 [VERB 动词]充斥；使供应过剩 If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing. [be V-ed with n] [V n] [BUSINESS 商] The region is glutted with hospitals... 该地区的医院数量已经饱和。 Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market. 从战场返乡的士兵挤爆了劳动力市场。

Glut Oversupply N Ted 英 ɡlʌt] 美 ɡlʌt N.供过于求；过量