stocky


adj. 矮壮的;健壮结实的

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stocky (adj.)
c. 1400, "made of wood," from stock (n.1). Of plants, "of stout and sturdy growth" (not weedy) it is recorded from 1620s. Of persons, "thick-set," 1670s, suggestive of tree trunks, but compare also stock in sense of "trunk of the human body" (late 14c.).

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1. He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.
他矮壮结实,脖子很粗。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He is stocky though not chubby.
他长得敦实,可并不发胖.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. He always feels ashamed for his short, stocky figure.
他矮壮的体形总是让他觉得羞愧。
来自辞典例句
4. A stocky figure , fashionably dressed in light grey, turned and said easily.
一个穿着淡灰色时髦衣服的矮胖子转过身子, 若无其事地说.
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5. Joe Pationi's stocky figure was moving constantly, instructing and exhorting.
乔·佩特罗尼结实的身影不断地来回走动, 又发指示,又替他们打气.
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