英语词汇“zaftig”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective zaftig to describe a woman who is attractively round and curvy.

The word zaftig is almost always used to describe a voluptuous female body. You might admire a particularly zaftig sculpture of Venus or comment on your best friend's beautifully zaftig shape in her new bikini. The word comes from the Yiddish zaftik, which literally means "juicy," from zaft, or "juice," and it became a common English adjective in the 1930's.

WORD FAMILY

zaftig

USAGE EXAMPLES

Thus the tabloids’ fascination with lithe male actors and their zaftig, or conventionally shaped, wives.

New York Times(Apr 01, 2016)

Kobra’s dream lady is decidedly more zaftig than Rousseau’s original and its extra bursts of brightness help the mural really pop in the evening light.

Forbes(Dec 01, 2014)

“She read me Scripture about how people who have sexual sin would not enter the gates of heaven,” Hannah, a zaftig AfricanAmerican, says, frowning.

Time(Sep 12, 2014)

adj (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous

Syn

buxom, zoftig
fat

having an (over)abundance of flesh

单词	zaftig
释义	zaftig (once / 407563 pages) adj Use the adjective zaftig to describe a woman who is attractively round and curvy. The word zaftig is almost always used to describe a voluptuous female body. You might admire a particularly zaftig sculpture of Venus or comment on your best friend's beautifully zaftig shape in her new bikini. The word comes from the Yiddish zaftik, which literally means "juicy," from zaft, or "juice," and it became a common English adjective in the 1930's. WORD FAMILY zaftig USAGE EXAMPLES Thus the tabloids’ fascination with lithe male actors and their zaftig, or conventionally shaped, wives. New York Times(Apr 01, 2016) Kobra’s dream lady is decidedly more zaftig than Rousseau’s original and its extra bursts of brightness help the mural really pop in the evening light. Forbes(Dec 01, 2014) “She read me Scripture about how people who have sexual sin would not enter the gates of heaven,” Hannah, a zaftig AfricanAmerican, says, frowning. Time(Sep 12, 2014) adj (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous Syn buxom, zoftig fat having an (over)abundance of flesh
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