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单词 stocky
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stocky

He dressed his stocky figure with casual elegance.Like many of the aircrew he was short and stocky.Generally for springboard it is better to be shorter and a little bit stocky rather than tall and thin.His legs are short and stocky.The aspect of the barbarian is fierce, his body stocky and robust.He is small, stocky and smiling.He's quite small and stocky.He's short, stocky and very strong with powerful thigh muscles.He was a stocky man in his fifties, with thin, gray hair.Her mind was her great gift, the compensation for a large, plain face and a stocky figure.Always a stocky man, he lost weight while in detention, but it has now been entirely restored.His chin is yet to be seriously tested but his stocky 5ft 7in frame certainly has a compact look about it.He shuffles across the room, his blue eyes wide and staring, a shapeless grey shirt hanging over his stocky frame.My father and myself stood slightly apart from them, short and stocky both, but with our feet firmly on the ground.

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stocky

British English: stocky ADJECTIVE
A stocky person has a body that is broad, solid, and often short.
...a short stocky man in his forties.
  • American English: stocky
  • Brazilian Portuguese: atarracado
  • Chinese: 粗壮的
  • European Spanish: achaparrado
  • French: trapu
  • German: stämmig
  • Italian: tarchiato
  • Japanese: がっしりした
  • Korean: > 다부진체격이
  • European Portuguese: atarracado
  • Latin American Spanish: achaparrado

(adjective) 
Definition
(of a person) short but well-built
She had been quite a stocky girl.
Synonyms
thickset
his stout, thickset figure
solid
I stared up at the square, solid house.
sturdy
She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties.
chunky
The sergeant was a chunky man in his late twenties.
stubby
He pointed a stubby finger at the wooden chair opposite him.
dumpy
I used to be quite dumpy before I lost weight.
stumpy
Do these shorts make my legs look stumpy?
mesomorphic

Additional synonyms

in the sense of chunky
Definition
thick and short
The sergeant was a chunky man in his late twenties.
Synonyms
thickset,
stocky,
beefy (informal),
stubby,
dumpy
in the sense of dumpy
Definition
short and plump
I used to be quite dumpy before I lost weight.
Synonyms
podgy,
homely,
short,
plump,
squat,
stout,
chunky,
chubby,
tubby,
roly-poly,
pudgy,
squab,
fubsy (archaic, dialect)
in the sense of solid
Definition
firm, strong, or substantial
I stared up at the square, solid house.
Synonyms
strong,
stable,
sturdy,
sound,
substantial,
durable,
well-built,
well-constructed,
unshakable

Nearby words of
stocky

  • stockings
  • stockist
  • stockpile
  • stocky
  • stodgy
  • stoical
  • stoicism

Synonyms of 'stocky'

stocky

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of stubby
Definition
short and broad
He pointed a stubby finger at the wooden chair opposite him.
Synonyms
stumpy,
short,
squat,
stocky,
chunky,
dumpy,
thickset,
fubsy (archaic, dialect)
in the sense of stumpy
Definition
short and thick like a stump
Do these shorts make my legs look stumpy?
Synonyms
chunky,
short,
heavy,
thick,
squat,
stocky,
stubby,
dumpy,
thickset,
fubsy (archaic, dialect)
in the sense of sturdy
Definition
(of a person) healthy, strong, and unlikely to tire or become injured
She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties.
Synonyms
robust,
hardy,
vigorous,
powerful,
athletic,
muscular,
swole (slang),
hench (informal),
stalwart,
staunch,
hearty,
lusty,
brawny,
thickset
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