corpulent


adj. 肥胖的

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corpulent 发福的

来自词根corp,身体,见corporeal. 此处用于比喻义,长身体的,长粗壮的。

英文词源

corpulent (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French corpulent "stout, fat," from Latin corpulentus "fleshy, fat," from corpus "body" (see corporeal) + -ulentus "full of." Leigh Hunt was sent to prison for two years for calling the Prince Regent corpulent in print in 1812.

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1. He was fifty or there abouts and was corpulent and tall in person.
他大约50岁,身体肥胖高大.
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2. We found a corpulent corpse and a letter of correspondence.
发现里面有一具臃肿的尸体和一封联系信件.
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3. Next nosepiece are corpulent. What drug can you take?
下鼻甲肥大. 能吃什么药?
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4. We searched a corpulent corpse and a letter of correspondence.
呈现里面有一具臃肿的尸体和一封联系信件.
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5. This was a corpulent farmer.
这是个大块头的农夫.
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