portly
英 ['pɔːtlɪ]
美['pɔrtli]
- adj. 肥胖的；魁伟的
- n. 肥胖的人；特大号服装
词态变化
比较级: portlier;最高级: portliest;
中文词源
portly 肥胖的，粗壮的
来自拉丁语portare,携带，词源同port,porter.引申词义有重量的，肥胖的。
英英释意
- 1. euphemisms for `fat';
- "men are portly and women are stout"
英文词源
- portly
- portly: see port
- portly (adj.)
- early 15c., "stately, dignified," from port (n.3) "bearing, carriage" + -ly (1). Meaning "stout" is first recorded 1590s.
实用场景例句
- ...a portly middle-aged man.
- 一个胖胖的中年男人
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- And the portly pooches also risk similar illnesses, including heart disease.
- 而肥胖的狗同样也分享到了肥胖引发的类似的人类疾病, 其中包括心脏病.
期刊摘选
- " I won't,'said the portly woman.
- “ 不会的, " 胖夫人说.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Instantly the portly lady's face became exceedingly sober and shrewd.
- 立刻,这位胖夫人的脸色变得极其严肃和精明.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- The new manager is a portly aged woman.
- 新来的经理是个“肥胖”的中年女士.
期刊摘选
- He would make a feast of the portly grunter.
- 他要饱餐一顿肥猪肉.
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- Mr. Seegrave was tall and portly , and military in his manners.
- 西格雷夫先生个子魁伟结实, 有一副军人气概.
辞典例句
- Arctic people are generally short, round, portly and, therefore, warm.
- 北极原住民通常矮小 、 浑圆 、 肥胖并因此而有助于身体保暖.
期刊摘选
- Men are portly and women are stout.
- 男人敦实,女人肥胖.
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- And with a cry of delight he ran towards the slumbering Portly.
- 河鼠高兴地喊了一声,向沉睡的胖胖跑去.
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- The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride.
- 这位矮胖的委托人挺起胸膛,显得有点骄傲的样子.
辞典例句
- For a portly man like him, Uncle Tom still has quick reflex.
- 对于象他这样发福的人来说, 汤姆叔叔还算反应敏捷.
期刊摘选
- A portly German kept this place.
- 店东是个大腹便便的德国人.
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- There are five people in the hall, one of them being a portly city councillor.
- 大厅里有五个人, 其中一位是肥胖的市议员.
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- ADVICEThe portly sales manager was getting ready to leave his doctor's office after a routine examination.
- 忠告臃肿的销售经理做过常规体检后,正要离开大夫的诊室.
期刊摘选
- The general is a portly old man.
- 那位将军是一位身材魁梧的老人.
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- Her new boss was in his mid - fifties, a portly figure in an ill - fitting suit.
- 她的新老板是个五十多岁的 中年人, 身材肥胖,衣着不合身.
期刊摘选
- Portly and stout are sometimes used as polite terms to describe fatness.
- Portly和stout有时用作描述肥胖的礼貌用词.
期刊摘选
- She had come up the imposing steps, guarded by the large and portly doorman.
- 她真的走上了由那个身强力壮的看门人守护的堂皇的台阶.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- How did he look, Sir? Was he portly, bold, outspoken, and hearty?
- 他看来怎样, 先生? 他是不是又魁梧 、 又豪放 、 又直爽 、 又精神饱满 呢 ?
辞典例句
- He wore a belted raincoat that accentuated his portly middle.
- 他穿着一件系腰带的雨衣，使他发福的腰身更加显眼。
柯林斯例句