bloated

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bloat·ed /ˈbləʊtɪd $ ˈbloʊ-/ adjectiveadj

1 BIGfull of liquid, gas, food etc, so that you look or feel much larger than normal 发胀的，膨胀的；臃肿的

a red bloated face

一张红红的、浮肿的脸

I feel really bloated after that meal.

吃完那顿饭后，我觉得肚子很鼓。

2 if you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively 〔机构〕臃肿的

the bloated state bureaucracy

臃肿的政府官僚机构

Examples from the Corpus

bloated• Santa's first shock came from the tape measure - the Claus tum measured a bloated 47 inches.• I felt so bloated after Thanksgiving dinner.• Once, before she was born, her father had found a curious bloated and boggle-eyed fish on the shore.• Gobbla, his hugely bloated and eternally hungry Cave Squig would feed well.• Even their baby is bloated, and wanting more.• bloated fish, floating in the river• the bloated government bureaucracy• I feel really bloated. I wish I hadn't eaten so much.• It is a star in serious trouble, with bright bloated lobes of gas swelling off it, announcing its death throes.• There, in the bloated stomach of that snake, Pula's story ended.• He fell onto the sofa, his stomach bloated with food.

From Longman Business Dictionary

bloatedbloat·ed /ˈbləʊtədˈbloʊ-/ adjectiveadjCOMPUTING

software that is bloated uses too much of a computer’s memory, and does not work in an efficient way

The reviewer thought that the software was too bloated and inelegant.

Origin bloated