rotund
英 [rə(ʊ)'tʌnd]
美[ro'tʌnd]
- adj. 洪亮的；圆胖的
词态变化
名词: rotundity;
助记提示
1. rotund, (肉团的)。
中文词源
rotund 圆的，圆胖的
来自拉丁语 rota,轮子，词源同 round,roll,rotate.-und,形容词后缀。引申词义圆的，圆胖的。
英英释意
- 1. spherical in shape
- 2. (of sounds) full and rich;
- "orotund tones"
- "the rotund and reverberating phrase"
- "pear-shaped vowels"
- 3. excessively fat;
- "a weighty man"
英文词源
- rotund (adj.)
- 1705, from Latin rotundus "rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary). Earlier was rotound (1610s); rotounde (early 15c.). Meaning "full-toned style of oratory" (1830) is after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics."
实用场景例句
- A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentle-man appeared.
- 一位身材圆胖、面带笑容、满脸通红的先生出现了。
柯林斯例句
- the rotund figure of Mr Stevens
- 史蒂文斯先生圆胖的体形
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentleman appeared.
- 一位身材圆胖、面带笑容、满脸通红的先生出现了。
辞典例句
- He is a pleasant rotund little man; he always looks very well - fed.
- 他是个可爱的矮胖子, 看上去总像是吃得很好.
互联网
- The ambulance - men had to dhow their way through the huge crowd standing rotund the crashed ears.
- 救护人员只好从围观出事车辆的人群中挤进.
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