释义 |
pile on the pounds idiommainly UKinformal (of a person) to gradually get heavier and fatter: She did slim down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again. The steroids are making him pile on the pounds. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Becoming bigger accrete accrue anti-growth balloon bell billow bump elongate engorge engorged enlarge enlargement outgrow over-expansion pile puff puff up put something on regenerate stretch |