fattening + noun
The farm has a special fattening pen for the pigs.
这个农场有一个专门用于养猪的育肥圈。
使人发胖的；增肥的
使人发胖的；常指高热量低营养的食物。；正被养肥的；用于养肥禽畜的
使人发胖的；常指高热量低营养的食物。
That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
The farmer switched to a special fattening feed for the pigs to prepare them for market.
农夫改用一种特殊的育肥饲料喂猪，为出栏做准备。
用法提示：fattening 作为形容词，修饰 feed，表示用于养肥禽畜的饲料。
These chickens are kept in fattening pens where they are fed a high-energy diet.
这些鸡被关在育肥栏里，喂食高能量饲料。
用法提示：fattening 作形容词，修饰 pens，表示用于养肥禽畜的围栏。
The fattening period for beef cattle usually lasts several months.
肉牛的育肥期通常持续几个月。
用法提示：fattening 作形容词，修饰 period，表示养肥禽畜的阶段。
The farm has a special fattening pen for the pigs.
这个农场有一个专门用于养猪的育肥圈。
The fattening period lasts about three months.
育肥期持续大约三个月。
Fattening feed is high in energy and protein.
育肥饲料富含能量和蛋白质。
grammar · medium
易错句子The farmer provides fatten feed for the pigs.
正确表达The farmer provides fattening feed for the pigs.
“fatten”是动词，而此处需要形容词作定语修饰“feed”，应使用现在分词形式“fattening”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The pigs are fattening for slaughter.
正确表达The pigs are being fattened for slaughter.
“fattening”是主动形式，而猪是被饲养增肥，应用被动语态“being fattened”。
fattening强调养肥的过程或用途，fat强调身体肥胖的状态。
fattening是形容词，fatten是动词，两者词性不同。
fattening表示正在进行或用于养肥，fattened表示已经完成养肥的状态。
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