| 单词 | burly |
| 释义 | burly (once / 1711 pages) adj The adjective burly describes someone (usually male) who is muscular and beefy. Types of people that you might describe as burly? Football players, wrestlers, and bouncers at nightclubs. The word burly is a synonym for words like husky, brawny, and muscular. The differences between the words can be subtle. Although they can all describe someone with beefy muscles, people tend not to think of burly as describing someone who has a lean, athletic muscular build. Burly is more often used to describe the guy that has a massive, muscular build, where his muscle may be tending toward fat. WORD FAMILYburly: burlier, burliest USAGE EXAMPLESTennant — burly and nearly six feet tall, wearing jeans, a plaid flannel shirt and a baseball cap — did not resemble a typical Taft client. New York Times(Jan 06, 2016) Tucker voiced his displeasure often while guarding Wiggins, with officials not letting him play as physical as the burly forward likes to on that end. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) Burly, with a dark, full beard, O'Toole's character is considerably different than the wispy Lawrence of Arabia he'd played six years earlier. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) adj muscular and heavily built had a tall burly frame Syn beefy, buirdly, husky, strapping robust sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction |
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