flatulent
/ˈflætjʊlənt/adjective
1- suffering from or marked by an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal胃肠胀气的:
treat flatulent cows with caustic soda.
用苛性钠治疗胃肠胀气的奶牛。
1.1
- related to or causing this condition与胃肠胀气有关的; 导致胃肠胀气的:
the flatulent effect of beans.
豆类导致胃肠胀气的作用。
1.2
- figurative inflated or pretentious in speech or writing〈喻〉(措辞)浮夸的; 自命不凡的:
I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP.
我原以为美国参议员会和英国下院议员一样华而不实、自命不凡。
派生词
flatulence
nounflatulency
nounflatulently
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: via French from modern Latin flatulentus, from Latin flatus 'blowing'(see FLATUS).