batten

Các nghĩa

1. béo tốt lên

   To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up.

   intransitive

   No, let him batten; when his tongue / Once goes, a cat is not worse strung.

   Our vvomen batten vvell on their good-nature; / All they can rap and rend for the dear creature.

2. trở nên màu mỡ

   Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.

   intransitive

3. ăn ngấu nghiến

   Followed by on: to eat greedily; to glut.

   intransitive

   Could you on this faire Mountaine leaue to feed, / And batten on this Moore?

   Follovv your Function, go, and batten on colde bits.

   There hath he lain for ages and will lie / Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep, […]

4. phát đạt nhờ bóc lột

   Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.

   figuratively · intransitive

   Robber barons who battened on the poor

5. hả hê

   To gloat at; to revel in.

   figuratively · intransitive

6. thỏa mãn ham muốn bệnh hoạn

   To gratify a morbid appetite or craving.

   figuratively · intransitive

Dạng khác

• battens present, singular, third-person
• battening participle, present
• battened participle, past

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