| 单词 | stocky |
| 释义 | stocky 1. < stockier and better plants are obtained from cuttings — F.W.Card > 2. dialect England 3. < the stocky virtues of integrity and piety — H.E.Scudder > Synonyms: < stocky though not chubby — W.A.White > < a stocky hard-hitting catcher > thickset may describe a thick, solid, burly body < too thickset for jockeying — John Masefield > < a thickset old policeman > thick as a synonym for thickset in reference to body build or form is dialectal, although it may be used for bodily parts < thick lips > < thick legs > chunky may indicate a body type ample but robust and solid < short and chunky, not quite fat — H.A.Sinclair > < a well-fed, chunky, healthy boy > stubby, less apt than others in this set to describe human body types, indicates noteworthy lack of height or length and corresponding shortness < outfielders' gloves have longer fingers … infielders' gloves have relatively stubby fingers — New Yorker > squat and dumpy are usually uncomplimentary. squat may indicate unshapely lack of height as though suggesting a person squatting < the squat misshapen figure that flattened itself into the shadow — Oscar Wilde > < anchored vessels of every sort from squat Baltic timber carriers — J.H.Wheelwright > dumpy may suggest short, lumpish gracelessness of body < stumpy, dumpy girls with their rather coarse features, big buttocks and heavy breasts — Arthur Koestler > |
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