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单词 corpulence
释义
corpulentcor‧pu‧lent /ˈkɔːpjələnt $ ˈkɔːr-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcorpulent
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin corpulentus ‘large-bodied’, from corpus; CORPUS
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A short, somewhat corpulent man, he wore dark, double-breasted suits of discreet quality.
  • At this scale, a single ethanol molecule is roughly the size of a corpulent Labrador retriever.
  • It went to the ceiling in corpulent puffs.
  • Minded by corpulent nymphets with wings and frowns, in reticence they guard their deeply embedded doubts.
  • Over the years his hair had thinned, his figure grown more corpulent, his face redder and shinier.
  • Stadler, meanwhile, was grimacing and snarling with every strut of his corpulent form.
  • Then his corpulent body collapsed and gradually the noise of his drunken snoring drowned out the quiet sobbing of the Annamese girl.
  • They looked as though they had all been stamped from the same corpulent mold and sent to the same workshop for finishing.
fatcorpulence noun [uncountable]
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