Glut



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. 供过于求, 过多
• ［英］ 供过于求, 过多 ( a supply of certain goods that is greater than the demand; satiate )
• ［类］ 反义词: dearth ( 缺乏)
• ［记］ 参考glutton ( 贪吃的人)
• ［例］ There was a glut of eggs on the market a few months ago.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (glutted; glutting)

• Etymology: Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to fill especially with food to satiety
  • 2. to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
• intransitive verb
  • to eat gluttonously
• Synonyms: see satiate

II. noun

• Date: circa 1546
• 1. an excessive quantity ; oversupply
• 2. archaic the act or process of glutting

III. transitive verb (glutted; glutting)

• Etymology: probably from obsolete glut, noun, swallow
• Date: 1600
• archaic to swallow greedily

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