Bloat

(noun.) swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas.

(verb.) become bloated or swollen or puff up; 'The dead man's stomach was bloated'.

(verb.) make bloated or swollen; 'Hunger bloated the child's belly'.

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• I recognised well that purple face,--those bloated features. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• To be growing suddenly and violently rich, as this man is, naturally makes him a bloated aristocrat. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A man with a bloated face opened the strong wicket, to whom Defarge presented The Emigrant Evremonde. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It is so easy to be bloated aristocrats where it costs nothing of consequence! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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