1610s, from French obésité and directly from Latin obesitas "fatness, corpulence," from obesus "that has eaten itself fat," past participle of obdere "to eat all over, devour," from ob "over" (see ob-) + edere "eat" (see edible).
雙語例句
1. The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality.
該研究還表明了肥胖癥和死亡率之間存在直接的聯系。
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2. Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke.
肥胖會增加高血壓和中風發作的幾率。
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3. Obesity is a major risk factor in many diseases.
肥胖是引發多種疾病的重要因素。
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4. These photographs show extremes of obesity and emaciation.