bloat¹

v.

cause to swell with fluid or gas.

n.

a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.

C17: from obs. bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perh. from ON blautr ‘soft, flabby’.

bloat²

v.

cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.

C16: rel. to bloat herring ‘bloater’, of obscure origin.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

以上來源於：《英漢醫學詞典》

以上來源於：《國家教育研究院雙語詞彙辭典(英漢)》