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glutton n. 暴食者,酷爱…的人 暴食者,酷爱…的人 glutton n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [ synonym: { glutton}, { gourmand}, { gourmandizer}, { trencherman}] 2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [ synonym: { glutton}, { Gulo gulo}, { wolverine}] Glutton \ Glut" ton\, a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. " Glutton souls." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster]
Glutton \ Glut" ton\, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. -- Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster] Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster]
Glutton \ Glut" ton\, n. [ OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See { Glut}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. [ 1913 Webster] Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. -- Granville. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({ Gulo gulo} formerly { Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family { Mustelid[ ae]}, about the size of a large badger; called also { wolverine}, { wolverene} and { carcajou}. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [ 1913 Webster PJC] { Glutton bird} ( Zool.), the giant fulmar ({ Ossifraga gigantea}); -- called also { Mother Carey' s goose}, and { mollymawk}. [ 1913 Webster]
Wolverene \ Wol` ver* ene"\, Wolverine \ Wol` ver* ine"\, n. [ From { Wolf}, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.] 1. ( Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({ Gulo gulo} formerly { Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family { Mustelidae}, about the size of a large badger; called also { glutton} and { carcajou}. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [ U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " glutton": Brillat- Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly- god, board- and- roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant, diner, diner- out, eater, eater- out, epicure, feeder, ferret, flesh- eater, foumart, fruitarian, gannet, gastronome, gorger, gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, gourmet, grain- eater, graminivore, granivore, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts, groundhog, guinea pig, guttler, hedgehog, herbivore, high liver, hog, hungry mouth, husky eater, lactovegetarian, luncher, man- eater, meat- eater, monk, monkey, mousehound, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, opossum, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, pig, plant- eater, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, predacean, quill pig, raccoon, skunk, trencherman, trencherwoman, vegetarian, weasel, whistle- pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zorilGlutton ( Deut. 21: 20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning " to shake out," " to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Prov. 23: 21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28: 7, the word ( pl.) is rendered Authorized Version " riotous men;" Revised Version, " gluttonous." Matt. 11: 19, Luke 7: 34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous.
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