| 单词 | flab |
| 释义 | flab (once / 3779 pages) n Flab is extra flesh or fat on a person's body. Some people take up jogging in the hopes of reducing their flab. You might notice some extra flab on your belly after a long, inactive winter — even your dog may be carrying around a little flab. Exercise and eating well are the keys to getting rid of flab, if you're unhappy with it. The adjective flabby came before the noun flab, in the late 17th century as a variation on the word flappy, "softly fleshy" in the 1590s. WORD FAMILYflab: flabby, flabs+/flabby: flabbier, flabbiest, flabbily, flabbiness USAGE EXAMPLESHe is a six-foot-five-inch former military policeman, whose weight fluctuates between two hundred and twenty and two hundred and fifty pounds, none of it flab. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) There’s not an ounce of flab in the 34-minute set, and varied musical approaches make it seem even shorter. Washington Times(Sep 13, 2016) For me, a far bigger problem is that it just doesn’t have much musical muscle tone, and a lot of flab. Washington Post(Jul 22, 2016) n loose or flaccid body fat Hyper adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs |
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