英语词源 | obese 肥胖的

源于拉丁语动词obdere devour（吞食）的过去分词形式obesus。大概是基于吞食可能发胖这一点，obese被赋予“肥胖的”一义。

• The tendency to become obese is at least in part hereditary.
  发胖至少有一部分是源于遗传。
• Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.
  胖人常常比瘦人血压高。