| 单词 | dumpy |
| 释义 | dumpy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdumpydump‧y /ˈdʌmpi/ adjectiveFATsomeone who is dumpy is fat, short, and unattractivea dumpy little man► see thesaurus at shortExamples from the Corpusdumpy• I think this skirt makes me look dumpy.• George had a wife, Martha, who was dumpy and plain.• The little dumpy girl was one of two serving.• In his youth, William had been a dumpy little boy who ate too many sweets.• Now it was just a dumpy little building.• At Champney Crucis Kate directed the driver up a lane beside the dumpy little church.• Kitty, her heroine, is dumpy, spotty, pallid and downtrodden.• She was a small, dumpy woman, nothing like her only child in either looks or personality.• Clara was a plain, dumpy woman, several years older than her husband.Origin dumpy (1700-1800) dump “small shapeless piece” ((18-19 centuries)) |
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