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？
• 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。
• 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。
• While he was thus engaged, a chariot drove to the door, and a portly gentleman in black, with a heavy watch-chain, alighted, and went in.
  当他正这样看着的时候，一辆轻便四轮马车来到门前，一位举止庄重、穿着黑衣服、挂着一条沉甸甸的表链子的先生下了马车，走进屋里去。
• He wore a belted raincoat that accentuated his portly middle
  他穿着一件系腰带的雨衣，使他发福的腰身更加显眼。
• 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。
• The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride.
  这位矮胖的委托人挺起胸膛，显得有点骄傲的样子。
• Seven Axes of Portly Ads
  虎虎生威的广告七板斧