| 释义 |
pinguid, a. Now usually humorous or affected.|ˈpɪŋgwɪd|
Also 8 pingued.
[f. L. pingui-s adj., fat, or stem of *pinguē-re (whence pinguēsc-ĕre: see pinguescent) + -id: cf. gravid, languid, torpid, etc.).]
Of the nature of, resembling, or abounding in fat; unctuous, greasy, oily; of soil: rich, fertile.
1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 168 Hot and drie exhalations void of pinguid matter. 1769R. Graves Euphrosyne (1776) I. 119 [He] snuffs the pinguid haunch's sav'ry steam. 1867Howells Ital. Journ. 111 A mighty mass of pinguid bronze, with a fat lisp.
b. transf. and fig.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 643 A pinguid, turgid style, as Tully calls the Asiatic rhetoric. 1893J. W. Palmer in Century Mag. Dec. 258/1 The eyes of the Talbot swine stuck out with pinguid complacency. |