portly

英 [ˈpɔːtli]

美 [ˈpɔːrtli]

adj.  发福的; 发胖的

BNC.23027 / COCA.20110

牛津词典

adj.

• 发福的；发胖的
  rather fat

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指男性）肥胖的，过胖的
  Aportlyperson, especially a man, is rather fat.
  1. ...a portly middle-aged man.
     一个胖胖的中年男人

英英释义

adj

• euphemisms for `fat'
  1. men are portly and women are stout
  Synonym:stout

双语例句

• Do you know the portly gentleman over there?
  你认识那边那位胖胖的先生吗？
• As for Meggie, she was incapable of equating Teresa's beaming, portly little mother with her own slender unsmiling mother.
  至于梅吉，她简直没法把特丽萨满脸笑容、矮矮胖胖的妈妈和她自己那面无笑容、颀长苗条的妈妈相提并论。
• 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。
• He was tall and portly and walked with a slow stiff gait.
  他高大魁梧，步子缓慢坚定。
• Now recovered from their trauma, the portly pussies have been christened Roly Poly and Pudding in homage to their waistlines.
  现在这两只肥猫已经从重创中恢复过来。人们向它们的腰围致敬，给它们起名为圆滚滚和布丁。
• 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。
• The lawyer was a tall and portly man with a short neck.
  这律师个子高高的，胖胖的，脖子很短。
• The first, a portly man of middle years, was a merchant going to the city to buy goods.
  第一位是个中年男性、身型肥胖的商人，正准备入城去采购货品。
• Men are portly and women are stout.
  男人叫结实，女人叫丰满。
• The doctor was a portly gentleman in a suit of black, with strings at his knees, and stockings below them.
  博士是一位仪表堂堂的绅士，穿一套黑衣服，膝盖上有一根带子把下面的袜子系紧。