PIE *gwele「喉」、「飲み込む」が語源で、語源的にはgulletと同じ。 後に経済用語として使われるようになり、供給過剰。
英語の語源
glut (v.)
early 14c., glotien "to feed to repletion" (transitive), probably from Old French glotir "to swallow, gulp down, engulf," from Latin glutire/gluttire "to swallow, gulp down," from PIE root *gwele- (3) "to swallow" (see gullet). Intransitive sense "feed (oneself) to repletion" is from c. 1400. Related: Glutted; glutting.
glut (n.)
1530s, "a gulp, a swallowing," from glut (v.). Meaning "condition of being full or sated" is 1570s; mercantile sense "superabundance, oversupply of a commodity on the market" first recorded 1590s.
例文
1. a glut of cheap videos on the market
市場で供給されている安価なビデオテープ
2.The glut of coffee led to a sharp drop in prices.
コーヒーの供給過剰により価格が急落した。
3.The third part of paper-chapter 5,a graphic system is constructed by using GLUT .
第3部、すなわち論文の第5章で、 GLUT を基礎にCAGDインタラクティブシステムを構築する。
4. The glucose transporter ( GLUT ) is an energy - related carrier protein located on the cell membrane.
グルコース輸送体( GLUT )は、細胞膜上に位置するエネルギー依存ベクタータンパク質である.
5.There is a shortage of carrots.So everybody starts growing carrots.Next season,surprise,surprise,thre is a glut of carrots.