单词	dumpy
释义	dumpydump‧y /ˈdʌmpi/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINdumpy Origin: 1700-1800 dump ‘small shapeless piece’ (18-19 centuries) Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Clara was a plain, dumpy woman, several years older than her husband. I think this skirt makes me look dumpy. In his youth, William had been a dumpy little boy who ate too many sweets. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At Champney Crucis Kate directed the driver up a lane beside the dumpy little church. George had a wife, Martha, who was dumpy and plain. Kitty, her heroine, is dumpy, spotty, pallid and downtrodden. Now it was just a dumpy little building. She was a small, dumpy woman, nothing like her only child in either looks or personality. The little dumpy girl was one of two serving. Thesaurus THESAURUSperson► short someone who is short is not as tall as most people: · He was a short fat man. ► not very tall quite short. This phrase sounds more gentle than saying that someone is short: · She wasn’t very tall – maybe about 1.60 m. ► small short and with a small body: · My mother was a small woman.· The girl was quite small for her age (=smaller than other girls of the same age). ► petite used about a woman who is attractively short and thin: · She was a petite woman with blonde hair. ► stocky used about a boy or man who is short, heavy, and strong: · Harry was stocky and middle-aged. ► dumpy short and fat: · a dumpy girl with red hair ► diminutive formal literary very short or small – used especially in descriptions in novels: · a diminutive figure dressed in black ► stubby stubby fingers or toes are short and thick: · the baby’s stubby little fingers Longman Language Activatorfat and not very tall► dumpy someone, especially a woman or child, who is dumpy , is short and fat: · Clara was a plain, dumpy woman, several years older than her husband.· In his youth, William had been a dumpy little boy who ate too many sweets.· I think this skirt makes me look dumpy. ► tubby someone who is tubby is short and has a fat, round stomach: · The banker was a tubby, jolly-looking man.· He's getting a bit tubby -- too much of his wife's cooking I expect. ► stout someone, especially a middle-aged person, who is stout is short and fat: · A stout woman in a tweed coat was standing outside the door.· Amy was now stout and matronly, the mother of three children. someone who is dumpy is fat, short, and unattractive:  a dumpy little man► see thesaurus at short
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