Word · Frequency #19943
glut
过剩；过多；供过于求
An excessive amount or oversupply of something.
- 1.
An excess, too much.
过剩,太多
- 2.
That which is swallowed.
吞下的东西
- 3.
Something that fills up an opening.
填满开口的东西
- 4.
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
用于劈木块的木楔
- 5.
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
用于填充支撑结构后面的木块
- 6.
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
用于填补砖层的小砖块
- 7.
An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
窑灰坑的拱形开口
- 8.
A block used for a fulcrum.
用作支点的木块
- 9.
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
宽鼻鳗,分布于欧洲、亚洲、西印度群岛等地
填充物；堵塞物；吞下的东西；一口；木楔；垫块；填塞木块；碎砖；窑灰坑的拱形口
In use
The market is suffering from a glut of cheap imports.
There is a glut of oil on the global market.
The internet has created a glut of information.
Connections
Collocations
- a glut of
- 过多的；过剩的
- There is a glut of new apartments in the city.这座城市的新公寓过剩。
- supply glut
- 供应过剩
- The supply glut has driven prices down.供应过剩导致价格下跌。
- oil glut
- 石油过剩
- The oil glut hit the economy hard.石油过剩严重冲击了经济。
- market glut
- 市场过剩
- A market glut often follows a rush to produce.争相生产之后往往会出现市场过剩。
- glut on the market
- 市场上的过剩
- A glut on the market caused many farms to fail.市场过剩导致许多农场倒闭。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
glut 音近“刮拉”，想象收获的瓜果太多，刮到地上拉不完——就是“过剩”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：经济新闻、市场分析、学术论述 表示“过剩、供过于求”时，通常用于经济或市场语境，多为书面语和新闻报道，口语中较少使用。比较常见于 a glut of + 某物 的结构。
Grammar Note
常与of连用，表示‘过量’或‘供过于求’的状态
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with /ɡlʌt/: gut, but, cut, hut, nut (stressed /ʌ/ + /t/). gut is exactly glut minus the /l/. Warning: glue /ɡluː/ is a spelling lookalike but does not rhyme because its vowel is /uː/.
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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