Word · Frequency #19943
glut
使(市场)充斥;使供过于求
to supply a market with so much of something that supply greatly exceeds demand
- 1.
To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
填满;满足所有需求;使满足
- 2.
To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
向市场提供过多产品,导致供应远超需求
- 3.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
暴食或吃到饱
使充满;使满足;使吃饱;狼吞虎咽;吃得过饱;填满;满足所有需求;使满足;向市场提供过多产品,导致供应远超需求;暴食或吃到饱
In use
The market was glutted with cheap imports after the trade deal.
He glutted himself on the buffet, eating until he felt sick.
Local farmers worry that a single bad season could glut the apple supply.
glut something (with something)
常用被动语态,表示过度供应。
The market was glutted with cheap imports.
市场被廉价进口商品充斥。
glut oneself (on/with something)
反身用法,表示使自己吃得过饱。
He glutted himself on chocolate.
他大吃巧克力,吃得过饱。
glut (on something)
不及物用法,表示吃得过多或狼吞虎咽。
Connections
Collocations
- glut the market (with sth)
- 使市场充斥(某物);使市场供过于求
- Cheap smartphones glutted the market within months.廉价智能手机几个月内就充斥了市场。
- be glutted with sth
- 充斥着某物;某物过多
- The warehouse was glutted with unsold stock.仓库里堆满了卖不出去的存货。
- glut oneself on sth
- 狼吞虎咽地大吃某物;吃某物吃到饱
- We glutted ourselves on fresh seafood at the buffet.我们在自助餐上大吃新鲜海鲜。
Idioms & figurative uses
- glut the market
- 使市场供过于求;大量倾销The factory glutted the market with cheap toys.该工厂向市场大量倾销廉价玩具。
- glut oneself on something
- 尽情享用;暴食某物He glutted himself on junk food all weekend.他整个周末都在猛吃垃圾食品。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:glut 中间像‘g’堵住‘lut’,货物多得把市场塞满;双写 t 的 glutted 更像堵死。记住:glut=填满到过剩。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:economics、business news、market analysis glut 作动词表示“使市场充斥/供过于求”时,通常用于商业、经济或新闻报道等比较正式的语境;在日常口语中不如 flood 或 oversupply 常用。
Grammar Note
及物表示'使充满',不及物表示'过多供应或狼吞虎咽'
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ut that rhyme with glut (/ɡlʌt/) include cut /kʌt/, hut /hʌt/, nut /nʌt/, shut /ʃʌt/, and gut /ɡʌt/. Beware of put /pʊt/, which shares the spelling but has a different vowel sound (/ʊ/ instead of /ʌ/).
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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