.fast
'food noun [U] hot food that is served very quickly
in special restaurants, and often taken away to be eaten in the street快餐食物；速食
.fast-'forward
verb [VN, V] to wind a tape or video forward without
playing it (使录音带或录像带）快进
;► .fast
'forward noun [U]： Press
fast forward to advance the tape.按下快进键向前转蒂芋。◊
t/ie /ast-/orvvar£i button快盛按钮
fas-tidi-ous /fae'stidias/ adj. 1 being careful that
every detail of sth is correct — 丝不苟的；严谨的 H771 meticulous ： Everything was planned in fastidious detaiL样样都一丝不苟地计划好了。◊
He was /asridious in his preparation/or the day.他认真兮细地准备•臂这
个盛夫的日子。2 (sometimes t//sflpprav/>?g) not liking
things to be dirty or untidy 讲究整洁命；有洁癖的：S/ie wasn't
very fastidious about personal hygiene.
讲究个人卫生。►fas.tidi.ous.lyac/v. fas*ti0i.ous.ness noun [U]
'fast lane noun [sing.] the part
of a major road such as a motorway
or interstate where vehicles
drive fastest
(高速公路或州际公路上的）快车道IEE1
in the last lane where things are most exciting and where a lot is
happening在生活的快车道上；享受丰富多彩的生活：He had
a good job, plenty of money and he was enjoying life
inthe/ostkme.他有份好工作，钱又多，尽情享受着丰 富多彩的生活。
fast-ness
/'faistnas; NAmE 'faes-/ noun (literary) a place that is
thought to be safe because it is difficult to get to or easy to defend 要塞；堡全 H33 stronghold 'fast track noun
[sing.] a quick way to achieve sth, for example a high position in a job 快速晋升之道;.迅速成
功之路► ’fast-track GO；/.: the /ast-tmcfc route to promotion 疾速晋升之道 o/ast-tracfc graduates 快速获得学位者
'fast-track
verb [VN] to make sb^ progress in achieving sth, for
example a high position in a job, quicker than usual洳途…的进程 fat /faet/ adj.,
noun uadj. (fat ter, fat-test) 1 (of a person’s
or an animal’s body人或动物的身体） having
too much flesh on it and weighing too much 肥的；肥胖的：a big/at man/woman大胖男人/女人◊ Ybu沿 get/at (fyou eat so much chocoZate•你如果吃，这么
多巧克力就会发胖的。◊
He grew /after and fatter.他愈 来愈胖了。识肥胖松弛的双腿EjHTHiN
2 thick or wide 厚的；宽大的：a /at
vo〖ume on
VOCABULARY
BUILDING 词汇扩充
saying that someone is fat 人长得胖的说法
■
Fat is the most common and direct Word,
but it is not polite to say to someone that they are fat .*
fat 最通.
用，意思最直接，但当面甩fat说某人胖不礼貌：Does 沩/s dress me /oo/c/flf?我穿这连衣裙显胖吗? ◊
Y&u're hiking fat »ow.
■
Overweight is a more neutral word. * overweight 是
比较中性的词：我有点超重。It can
also mean too fat, especially so that you are not fit.这词亦含过胖之意，尤指身体不健康。
■
Large or heavy is .less offensive than
fat.与.fat 相,比.， large 或'heavy:含冒 M意较少：She’s a rather large womfln.她是个大块头。Big describes someone who is tall as well as fat. * big 指.人又高又胖：_sister
is a fc/；gg/>/，/5«’f she?她姐姐是个大个手胖^娘，是吗？
■
Pfump means’slightly fat
in an attractive way，’often used to describe women. * phimp
常用于形‘女性丰
满。
:■ Chubby
is used mainly to describe babies and children who are fat in a pleasant,
healthy-looking way. * chubby主要用以形容婴儿和孩子健康可爱、胖
乎乎的样子：f/?e toby’s 婴孩胖乎乎的
脸蛋
Tubby (informaf) is used in a friendly way to
describe
American history 厚厚的一册美国史 3 [only before.noun] {informaf)
large in quantity; worth a lot of money M 的；值钱的：a/atsum/pro/lt—大笔款子；丰厚的利润
◊ He gave me a nice/at cheque•他给了我一张大额支票。
fat-ness noun [U] ： fatness tends to run fn /amiZies.月巴
胖往往有遗传娃。(a) fat chance (of sth/doing sth) (informal) used
for saying that you do not believe sth is likely to happen 不大可能发生•• ‘They
might let us in without rickets. ’ ‘fat c/iance qf that/’ “ 他们也许会让 我们免票入场。“别痴心妄想了！” a fat
lot of good, use, etc. (informal) not at all good
or useful ;毫
无用处：Paul can't drive
so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm.保罗不会开车，所以我手臂骨折时他一点
忙也没讀上。it’s not .over
unt丨丨 the fat lady ’sings {saying) used
for saying that a situation may still change, for example that a contest,
election, etc. is not finished yet, and sb still has a chance to win. it 最后才
能见输贏；不到最后，结果难料
■ noun 1 [U] a
white or yellow substance in the bodies of animals and humans，stored
under the skin 月旨肪；肥
肉：excess body/at $余的体内脂肪◊
rhis ham fias too muc^ /at on 心表块火腿 jjfi 肉太_ ? 2 [C，U] a solid or liquid substance from animals or plants,
treated so that it becomes pure for use in cooking (烹调用的）..动植 物油：Coot
the meat fn shaHow/at.房少i车油煎由。
3 [C，U] animal and vegetable fats, when you are thinking of
them as part of what a person eats (人体
摄入的动植物）脂肪：Ybu
shouW cut down on/afs and carbohydrates. 运该减少摄入脂肪和碳水化合物。◊
/oods which are tow m /at 低脂肪食物◊
reduced-/at margarines 低脂人造黄油 iTi!?! see chew v., live1 fata丨 /’feitl/ 1 causing or ending in
death 致命的：a
/atoZ accfdent/Wow/fZIness 致命的事故 /.一击/ ★■病◊
a potentiaHy/atal/orm 〇/cancer 潜在致死型癌症◊
"she gets fH again it couWprove/atal.如果她再患病，就会有
性命之忧。_compare mortal 2 causing disaster or failure灾难性的；毁灭性的；导致失败韵：a fatal
error/mistafce 灾难性的错误◊
Any deZay would be jhtaZ. 任何延误都可能导致失败。◊ 77iere was a/ata〖_/Itiw in thepZan.计划中有一个的缺陷。◊ Jt’d be/ataZ to t/y and stop them now.现在要试图制止他们就会导致灾难性
后果。► fa.ta丨._y /-t9li/ adv.: /ataHy injuretl/woimded 受致命伤◊ rhe pZan was/ataZZy/kivved 介om the start. 这个■划一开始就有致命的缺陷。
fa-tal-ism /'feitalizam/
noun [U] the belief that events are decided by fate and that you cannot control them; the fact of accepting
that you cannot prevent sth from happening ►
fa-tal-ist noun ： I'm a
fatalist.
宿命论者。
people who are short and
round, especially around the stomach. * tubby (非正式）用于善意地描述矮胖
子，尤指肚子胖圆。
■
Stocky is a neutral word and means fairly
short, broad and strong. * stocky是中性词，意为矮壮。
■
Stout is often used to describe older
people who have .a round and heavy appearance. * stout 邊用以描述圆 脖>|±秦的较年_裂者：a short
stout rmn with a bald
心ad—个矮壮秃顶男人
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Flabby describes flesh that is fat and
loose and it can
sound offensive. *
flabby指肌肉肥胖松弛，有冒犯
意：...exe/r/ses f/j/g/zs
金大腿&弛肌肉
结实的锻炼
騮 Obese is used .by doctors.to describe
people who are so fat that they are unhealthy. It is also used in a general way
to mean ‘really fat~* obese 是医学用语，
指患肥胖症，亦可泛指十分肥胖。
Note that although people talk a lot about their own
size or weight, it is generally not cansidered polite to refer to a person's
large size or their weight when you talk to them.注意：虽然人们常谈论自.己的身材和私
重，但一般认为与人谈话时提及对方的胖大身材和体重
是不礼貌的。
〇 note at thin