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单词 roly-poly
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roly-poly

(roʊli poʊli)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Roly-poly people are pleasantly fat and round.
[informal]
...a short, roly-poly man with laughing eyes.
Synonyms: plump, rounded, fat, overweight More Synonyms of roly-poly

roly-poly in British English

(ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ)
adjective
1. 
plump, buxom, or rotund
nounWord forms: plural -lies
2.  British
a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding
3. 
a plump, buxom, or rotund person
4.  Australian an informal name for tumbleweed
Word origin
C17: apparently by reduplication from roly, from roll

roly-poly in American English

(ˈroʊliˈpoʊli)
adjective
1. 
short and plump; pudgy
nounWord forms: plural ˈroˈly-polies
2. 
a roly-poly thing or person, esp. a child
3.  Chiefly British
a pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam, rolled up, and boiled, steamed, etc.
4.  Austral
a tumbleweed
Word origin
redupl. of roll
Seeroly poly

Examples of 'roly-poly' in a sentence
roly-poly

When the door opened a small, roly-poly faced man wearing spectacles walked in smoking a pipe.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (1995)
A short distance behind him a roly-poly faced man limped unsteadily.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (1995)
But the roly-poly, smiling relative of Mrs Tenney did not look like a man who was not to be trusted.
Keene, Carolyn THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL (1995)
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