corpulent

英 [ˈkɔː.pjə.lənt]      美 [ˈkɔːr.pjə.lənt]
  • adj. 肥胖的
星级词汇:
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将“corpulent”联想为“corpus”的前缀,它源自拉丁语,意为“身体”。想象一个身材庞大、圆润的人,因为他的身体很“corpulent”,即肥胖的。这样的图像可以帮助你记住这个词的含义。

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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。

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.
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.
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.
3. Next nosepiece are corpulent. What drug can you take?
下鼻甲肥大. 能吃什么药?
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.
5. This was a corpulent farmer.
这是个大块头的农夫.