Fattening

(adj.) subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; 'a fattening hog'; 'fattening pens' .

校对:朗达

• Feeding and fattening countries, besides, must always be highly improved, whereas breeding countries are generally uncultivated. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His wonderful enterprise, his wonderful wealth, his wonderful Bank, were the fattening food of the evening paper that night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• All of our heroes are fattening now as we approach the second year. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The fattening of ortolans, birds of passage which arrive lean in the country, is said to be so in some parts of France. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

校对:马尔科姆