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To glut the market

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glut \Glut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Glutting}.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L.
   glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. ? to eat, Skr. gar. Cf.
   {Gluttion}, {Englut}.]
   1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

            Though every drop of water swear against it, And
            gape at widest to glut him.           --Shak.

   2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving
      of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.

            His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from
            his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. --Dryden.

            The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to
            glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded
            populace.                             --C. Kingsley.

   {To glut the market}, to furnish an oversupply of any article
      of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
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