corpulent

发音

英 [ˈkɔːpjələnt]word uk audio image

美 [ˈkɔːrpjələnt] word us audio image

  • adj.
    (指人或人的身体)肥胖的
    便便

单词词源

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。

双语例句

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. It 's not surprising that the sight of a corpulent or pregnant woman would have caused their brains to light up with pleasure and attention .
肥胖的妇女或孕妇雕像,会让他们的大脑充满快乐和关注,这没什么可奇怪的。
3. He was a large and corpulent individual , surfeited with good clothes and good eating , who judged women as another would horseflesh .
他是个高大而肥胖的人,穿得好,吃得好,辨别女人就像别人鉴别马匹一样。
4. The corpulent primates serve as useful models , experts say , because they resemble humans much more than laboratory rats do , not only physiologically but in some of their feeding habits .
专家说,肥胖的灵长类动物可以作为有用的模型,相比实验室的小白鼠,无论在生理结构上还是摄食习性上,它们同人类都更为近似。
5. Her father is too corpulent to play handball .
她父亲太胖以至不能玩手球。

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