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单词 burly
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burly

And the countryside is also extremely big, so it's unlikely you will be woken by a burly security guard and told to move on.The family was escorted away by a team of burly female security guards.The guard ushered me into the office of a burly fiftysomething man in a police uniform.But we were pulled back to reality by a burly man at the back.Preparing them is not a typical housewife but a burly man with an accent dressed in a deli serving outfit.Youth coaching used to be about finding big, burly players who were good with their heads.The men tend to be big, burly and bearded.Within seconds he's surrounded by burly security guards.He was big and burly, looking a bit like a barrel wearing a suit.The father is so unpredictable that the only way the social services can visit is in the company of two burly security guards.But the man who actually meets me is big and burly with a short, military haircut.That was the signal for three burly security guards to surround Ashley. Big burly sportsmen are allowed to be caring dads and partners, too.A burly security guard sat him back down and stood behind his chair.Inside the building, escalators snake skywards but normal progress is blocked by a swarm of burly security guards.It just happens to be interrupted by moments in which lots of big, burly men hit each other.His orchestral scores are big and burly and full of notes, driven into their places by a formidable brain.I'm having a swim and a burly man strikes up a conversation.There are a couple of burly security guards who look like secret service agents and the air is chilled so it's as if we really are underground.

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burly

British English: burly ADJECTIVE
A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles.
He was a big, burly man.
  • American English: burly
  • Brazilian Portuguese: robusto
  • Chinese: 魁梧的
  • European Spanish: fornido
  • French: baraqué
  • German: stämmig
  • Italian: robusto
  • Japanese: 太くたくましい
  • Korean: 건장한
  • European Portuguese: robusto
  • Latin American Spanish: fornido

(adjective) 
Definition
large and thick of build
He was a big, burly man.
Synonyms
brawny
Oscar turned out to be a brawny young man.
strong
I'm not strong enough to carry him.
powerful
a big, powerful man
big
Australia's a big country.
strapping
He was a bricklayer - a big, strapping fellow.
hefty
The hefty farmer moved the hay bales with ease.
muscular
tanned muscular legs
swole (slang)
tanned muscular legs
hench (informal)
tanned muscular legs
sturdy
She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties.
stout
a great stout fellow, big in brawn and bone
bulky
stocky
hulking
beefy (informal)
The place was packed with beefy ex-footballers.
well-built
The suspect is well built, of medium height, and with dark hair.
thickset
his stout, thickset figure
Opposites
thin
,
weak
,
spare
,
lean
,
slight
,
puny
,
weedy (informal)
,
scrawny
,
scraggy
,
wussy (slang)
,
wimpish or wimpy (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of beefy
Definition
muscular
The place was packed with beefy ex-footballers.
Synonyms
brawny,
strong,
powerful,
athletic,
strapping,
robust,
hefty (informal),
muscular,
swole (slang),
hench (informal),
sturdy,
stalwart,
bulky,
burly,
stocky,
hulking,
well-built,
herculean,
sinewy,
thickset
in the sense of big
Definition
of great or considerable size, weight, number, or capacity
Australia's a big country.
Synonyms
large,
great,
huge,
giant,
massive,
vast,
enormous,
considerable,
substantial,
extensive,
immense,
spacious,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
mammoth,
bulky,
burly,
colossal,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
hulking,
ponderous,
voluminous,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
humongous or humungous (informal),
sizable or sizeable,
supersize
in the sense of hefty
Definition
large in size, weight, or amount
The hefty farmer moved the hay bales with ease.
Synonyms
big,
strong,
massive,
strapping,
robust,
muscular,
burly,
husky (informal),
hulking,
beefy (informal),
brawny

Nearby words of
burly

  • burial ground
  • buried
  • burlesque
  • burly
  • burn
  • burning
  • burnish

Related terms of
burly

  • hurly-burly

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