with obj.
1- cause to swell with fluid or gas使膨胀, 使肿起, 使鼓起：
the fungus has bloated their abdomens.
真菌已使它们的腹部肿胀起来了。
1.1
- no obj. become swollen with fluid or gas膨胀, 肿起, 鼓起：
as noun bloating she suffered from abdominal bloating.她因腹部鼓胀而受苦。
词源
late 17th cent. （in the sense 'cause to swell'）： from obsolete bloat 'swollen, soft', perhaps from Old Norse blautr 'soft, flabby'. The noun sense dates from the late 19th cent.