bulk up

英 [bʌlk ʌp]

美 [bʌlk ʌp]

（使）加大（或加厚）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （使）加大（或加厚）
  If someone or somethingbulks uporbulks out, they become bigger or heavier.
  1. Use extra vegetables to bulk up the omelette...
     再加些蔬菜使煎蛋看上去量更大。
  2. Holyfield has bulked up to 210 pounds using weights.
     霍利菲尔德体重增到了210磅。

双语例句

• Even P& G felt the need to bulk up by acquiring Gillette as a counter to retailers that exerted buying power against branded goods.
  就连宝洁都觉得有必要通过收购吉列（gillette）来增强实力，以对付那些利用购买力打压品牌商品的零售商。
• Since BNP Paribas has no intention of turning itself into a boutique, the bank will have to either bulk up or get out.
  由于巴黎银行无意将自己转变成一个精品银行，该银行要么必须发展壮大，要么就只能退出市场。
• While some reports show that some illegal steroids may help athletes bulk up and train harder, human growth hormone is not one of them, the report in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests.
  在一些报告中称，某些违禁类固醇可以帮运动员快速增强运动能力且能更加刻苦的训练，报道在内科年鉴中称生长激素就是其中之一。
• Most foreign companies at BIBF publish academic materials, which are in great demand since Chinese libraries and universities are looking to bulk up their collections of English academic books.
  这些海外出版物以学术类为主，以满足国内图书馆与大学充实英语学术类出版物收藏的巨大需求，这也是历届北京国际图书博览会的传统。
• Use extra vegetables to bulk up the omelette
  再加些蔬菜使煎蛋看上去量更大。
• Save every cent you can and by the end of the year your savings will bulk up to a handsome sum.
  把可以积蓄的每分钱都积蓄起来，到年终时，你的储蓄数目就很可观了。
• They have a scone-like consistency and as well as a popular breakfast item, they're also used to bulk up goulash meals.
  类似于烤饼并作为普遍的早餐项目，它们也被用于扩充菜炖牛肉餐。
• Vivendi has slimmed down in order to bulk up in future and says the American hedge fund just wants to dismantle the group and lay hands on its cash.
  维旺迪的瘦身是为了未来的壮大，它称舍恩菲尔德的美国对冲基金只是想拆解该集团并拿到钱。
• As a result, Ozgul and colleagues propose, grass has become available for more months of the year, meaning the Soay sheep do not have to bulk up as much.
  奥兹格尔及同事提出，结果绵羊在一年当中更多的月份里可以吃到青草，这就意味着索艾羊不必象以往那样吃得膘肥体壮。
• In the so-called Hierarchical Model of galaxy formation, galaxies are supposed to slowly bulk up their stars over time by absorbing tiny pieces of galaxies, rather than in one big burst.
  关于星系的形成，所谓的“等级理论模型”中说：随着时间的推移，星系应该通过吸收星系中的零星物质来慢慢地扩大恒星的数目，而不是猛然间大规模地诞生。