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portly

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adj.<婉><谑>健壮的,肥胖的,魁伟的,一表人材的

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portly为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:portliness 形容词比较级:portlier 最高级:portliest

词根

port=to carry(运送)

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chubby  dignified  fat  grand  heavyset  imposing  majestic  noble  obese  plump  pudgy  stately  stocky  stout    

portly


/'pɔ:tlɪ; `pɔrtlɪ/
adj (-ier, -iest) (esp of an older person) having a stout body; fat (尤指年长者)发福的, 胖的
*a portly old gentleman 胖胖的老绅士
* portly members of the city council 体形丰满的市议员们.

portly


adj written
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: port 'behavior, deportment' (14-19 centuries), from French, from porter; PORTAGE]
someone who is portly, especially an old man, is fat and round
 a portly old gentleman
1. But, as I walked out of the garage, KFC chicken in hand, a portly, unshaven young man in a stocking cap and dark nylon jacket emerged from the shrub by the parking pad and put his pistol between my eyes.
    可是当我手里拿着肯德基炸鸡走出车库时,一个肥壮、留着短髭、头戴绒线帽、身穿深色尼龙夹克的年轻人从停车处旁边的灌木丛中钻出来,把手枪顶在我的双眼之间。

2. Then quickly, for such a short, portly, elderly person, she disappeared.
    接着,这个又矮又胖的老太太蓦地不见了。

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