We keep animals in pens to fatten them. 我们把动物关在围栏里把它们养肥。
Some people deny themselves the necessaries or comforts of life in order that they may be able to help to fatten a publican. 有些人不要生活必需品和较好的享受,目的是为了可以帮助养肥酒店老板。
经典引文
The forest of Lucania, whose acorns fattened large droves of wild hogs.
出自: Gibbon
He tolerated, even fattened the newspaper myth of a locker-room tough guy.