Word · Frequency #15331
bloated
发胀的，浮肿的
swollen or puffy, especially from fluid retention or gas
- 1.
Swollen with fluid or gas.
充满液体或气体而肿胀
- 2.
Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
过于庞大或富有
- 3.
Excessively overloaded with features, like bloatware.
功能过多的,像臃肿软件
- 4.
Slightly salted and lightly smoked.
稍微加盐并轻微熏制
傲慢的；充满液体或气体而肿胀；过于庞大或富有；功能过多的,像臃肿软件；稍微加盐并轻微熏制
In use
After eating a large meal, I felt bloated and uncomfortable.
The company's bloated bureaucracy slowed down every decision.
He gave a bloated speech, full of self-importance.
be bloated (with sth)
表示因某物而肿胀。
His stomach was bloated with gas.
他的肚子因胀气而发胀。
feel/look/seem + bloated
After the heavy meal, she felt bloated and uncomfortable.
吃过大餐后，她感到发胀不舒服。
bloated + noun
常用于形容机构、系统等过于庞大或傲慢。
The company's bloated bureaucracy slowed decision-making.
Connections
Collocations
- feel bloated
- 感到腹胀
- I always feel bloated after eating too much salt.我吃太多盐后总是感到腹胀。
- bloated stomach
- 腹部胀气
- His bloated stomach was a sign of the disease.他腹部胀气是这种病的征兆。
- bloated bureaucracy
- 臃肿的官僚机构
- The new manager wants to reduce the bloated bureaucracy.新经理想要精简臃肿的官僚机构。
- bloated budget
- 膨胀的预算
- The project has a bloated budget and needs to be revised.这个项目预算膨胀，需要调整。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bloated with pride
- 骄傲自满The manager was bloated with pride after the team's success.团队取得成功后，经理变得骄傲自大。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 bloated：吃太饱肚子胀得像吹胀的气球，blo- 开头联想 blow（吹），就想到“发胀的”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical/body、business/organization、technology/software、formal/literary bloated 基本义是“肿胀的/发胀的”，常形容身体部位；引申可指机构、文件、软件等过度庞大，或人“自大、傲慢”。通常用于负面语境，口语和书面语中均常见，正式场合多用于批评性或客观描述。具体译法需根据上下文选择。
Pronunciation & Spelling
coated、floated、noted、quoted、voted 都与 bloated 押韵，重读元音都是 /oʊ/，且都以 /tɪd/ 结尾。注意拼写相似的 loaded 读 /ˈloʊdɪd/，结尾是 /dɪd/ 而非 /tɪd/；blotted 与 bloated 只差一个字母，但读 /ˈblɒtɪd/（美式常作 /ˈblɑːtɪd/），元音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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