释义 |
corpulentcor‧pu‧lent /ˈkɔːpjələnt $ ˈkɔːr-/ adjective formal corpulentOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin corpulentus ‘large-bodied’, from corpus; ➔ 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.
fat—corpulence noun [uncountable] |