| 释义 |
pear-shapedˈpear-shaped adjective   - Bowman forced his fingers to hunt around, and presently discovered the pear-shaped bulb.
- From the low ceiling hung large, black metal frames with little pear-shaped leather bags and black metal pipes at right angles.
- I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped, like the one Nicky had shown me.
- Meg plays Alice, a cheerful hippy in the minutes before everything goes pear-shaped.
- Outwardly, Donna, the classic pear-shaped woman, laughed about her legs, but finally she quit exercising.
- The new lands he discovered convinced him that the earth was not round but pear-shaped.
- When ripe these pear-shaped fungi are filled with dust-like spores which pour out of the small central opening at the slightest movement.
► go pear-shaped- Meg plays Alice, a cheerful hippy in the minutes before everything goes pear-shaped.
1go pear-shaped British English informal if an activity or situation goes pear-shaped, it goes wrong:  The whole thing went pear-shaped.2someone who is pear-shaped has wide hips and a fairly small chest |