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

• Seven Axes of Portly Ads
  虎虎生威的广告七板斧
• My wandering eye alighted on a rather portly middle-aged man who was talking earnestly from the platform to a young lady at the next window but one to ours.
  我的目光四处游弋，移到一个中年人身上的时候眼前突然一亮，他体格颇为健壮，站在站台上，正同我们旁边第三个窗口里的一名年轻女郎亲切话别。
• The tunnels are now widened to accommodate portly Americans, and they are still a tight fit.
  如今，隧道已拓宽，好让大腹便便的美国游客得以通行，不过仍然感觉很紧。
• A couple of centuries ago, no American was better known in Europe than a portly old man who wore his spectacles on the end of this nose.
  200年前，在欧洲最负盛名的美国人莫过于一个眼镜架在鼻尖上的、胖胖的老人了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A fine, portly, middle-aged gentleman with iron-gray hair;
  一位文雅、肥胖、满头铁灰色头发的中年绅士；
• Geographical location had no bearing on the results: A portly neighbor had no effect, but a friend who gained weight and lived far away still appeared to raise the risk of obesity.
  地理位置对本结果无关：肥胖的邻居对此没有影响，但是一旦有超重的朋友并且居住的还很远仍然似乎增加肥胖的风险。
• 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。
• Men are portly and women are stout.
  男人叫结实，女人叫丰满。