glut
glut 英 [glʌt] 美 [ɡlʌt]
vt. 使…充满；使…吃饱；过多供应 vi. 吃得过多 n. （商品）供过于求；大量
进行时:glutting 过去式:glutted 过去分词:glutted 第三人称单数:gluts 名词复数:gluts
- A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price. A glut of heavy metal T-shirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room.
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- vt. 使…充满；使…吃饱；过多供应
- vi. 吃得过多
- n. （商品）供过于求；大量
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1. But what of our natural gas glut?
但是天然气供过于求怎么办？
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2. Maritime analysts say merchant ships have been taking protective measures to avoid being boarded by gunmen, while the glut of international warships on patrol has been a deterrent.
海事分析家说，商船都已经采取了防护措施，以避免持枪暴徒登上船只，同时大量的各国军舰一直在巡逻，对海盗的威慑。
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3. If you want to know where the global crisis came from, then, think of it this way: we’re looking at the revenge of the glut.
如果你想知道这个全球性的危机来自哪里，那么，让我们这样想：我们看到的是过剩的报复。
- glut (n.) 1530s, "a gulp, a swallowing," from glut (v.). Meaning "condition of being full or sated" is 1570s; mercantile sense "superabundance, oversupply of a commodity on the market" first recorded 1590s.
- glut (v.) early 14c., glotien "to feed to repletion" (transitive), probably from Old French glotir "to swallow, gulp down, engulf," from Latin glutire/gluttire "to swallow, gulp down," from PIE root *gwele- (3) "to swallow" (see gullet). Intransitive sense "feed (oneself) to repletion" is from c. 1400. Related: Glutted; glutting.
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