| 单词 | flabby |
| 释义 | flabby (once / 3896 pages) adj If you're flabby, you're out of shape, with a soft, slack body. Some people join a gym when they're feeling a little flabby. People who are flabby aren't star athletes — you may be flabby after a long, cold winter spent mostly indoors, or feel flabby as you struggle to hike up a mountain. You can describe other things as figuratively flabby too, if they're a little sloppy or weak. Flabby writing is messy and disorganized, and a flabby politician is ineffective. Flabby started as flappy, "softly fleshy," in the 16th century. WORD FAMILYflabby: flabbier, flabbiest, flabbily, flabbiness+/flab: flabby, flabs USAGE EXAMPLESSeparately, skipping workouts might not only make your stomach flabby. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) But, they say, “there is something about music” — a sentence typical of the unsubstantiated, feel-good claims that fill this flabby, ardent book. Washington Post(Sep 28, 2016) Dominique Ansel had a problem: his pastries were too flabby. Wall Street Journal(Sep 28, 2016) adj out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance flabby around the middle Syn flaccid, soft unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition |
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