单词 | pot-bellied |
释义 | pot-belliedadj. 1. Having a pot belly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > types of great-wombedc1325 wombedc1325 big-bellied?c1475 gorbellieda1529 tunnisha1529 bellieda1533 gorbelly1532 tun-bellied1551 out-bellied1570 paunch-bellied1586 paunchyc1586 big-bellied1592 round-bellied1606 gutty1607 tun-gutted1607 ventripotent1611 swag-bellieda1616 tun-grown1628 bottle-bellied1646 pot-bellied1647 belly-mountained1654 pauncheda1657 sag-bellied1665 barrel-bellied1694 ventricous1702 poke pudding1705 paunch-gutted1726 pot-gutted1731 paunchfula1763 pottle-bellied1777 tunnified1806 tun-likea1813 shad-bellied1832 ventricose1843 bow-windowed1849 bloated-bellied1871 barrel-stomached1884 stomachy1888 well-stomached1896 jelly-bellied1899 narrow-gutted1903 pus-gutted1915 great-stomached1944 1647 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs xiii. 204 The asse that carried olde bald pated, flat nosed, pot bellied Silenus. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cl. 229 Given to tame Rabbets when they are pot-bellyed through costivenesse. 1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 442 The main Art of keeping these Creatures, is to preserve them from Tunning, or being Pot-belly'd. 1794 Trans. Soc. Promotion Useful Information (1801) 141 If this is not attended to, and they [sc. calves] become poor or pot-bellied, it is with difficulty they can be put in a thriving condition. 1865 Times 26 Dec. 4/6 Those rotund caricatures which in England are identified with the names of Gilray and Rowlandson—immense potbellied men, with bulging calves, and a vast extent of back country. 1899 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 8 The pot-bellied merchant foreboding no wrong With headlight and sidelight he lieth along. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxxvii. 371 An ugly yellow child, naked and pot-bellied like a little heathen god. 1959 Encounter Dec. 31/1 There was a time when I had a little professorial pot; later I was ‘stout’..; then I became, I suppose, definitely pot-bellied. 1996 Observer 29 Dec. (Life Suppl.) 45/1 A lonely orphan makes friends with a pot-bellied giant green dragon. 2. Of a thing: bulbous, broadest at the middle; = pot belly adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex swellingc1000 gibbousc1400 round?1523 convex?a1560 convexed1578 bias1609 out-bowed1613 outbent1625 full1627 outbowing1657 gibbose1682 rounded1712 bulging1812 pot-bellied1814 balloony1861 bombed1872 bombous1878 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii*. 266 A pot-bellied Dutch bottle of brandy. View more context for this quotation 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 81 There were great, round, pot-bellied baskets of chesnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen. 1867 F. S. Cozzens Sayings Dr. Bushwhacker iii. 14 Just observe the difference between that sturdy, pot-bellied mustard-bottle, which represents John Bull, and this slender sharp, vinegarcruet, which represents Johnny Crapeau. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. viii. 446 A pot-bellied silver cream pitcher of an Early Georgian pattern. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 21 May (1970) 143 Not only was the schoolhouse the same as the one at Fern, but there was a big pot-bellied stove inside. 1984 Times 17 Nov. 15/3 Second place went to Piat's traditional pot-bellied bottle of 1984 Beaujolais Nouveau. 2003 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 22 Oct. 1 l As Dellinger waited for the train in the crowded room heated by a pot-bellied stove, he planned his Charlotte outing for the day. Compounds pot-bellied pig n. (more fully Vietnamese pot-bellied pig) a small domesticated pig of a type originally found in South-East Asia, having a predominantly dark or black coat and an exaggerated pot belly and sway back, now widely kept elsewhere, often as a pet. ΚΠ 1961 Times 3 Apr. 4/7 Easter arrivals at Whipsnade Zoo yesterday were three Vietnam potbellied pigs. 1990 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 26 Nov. b2 We've been thinking about getting a potbellied pig. We heard they make great pets because they are clean, smart, and small. 1998 Independent 15 Jan. i. 9/6 Since 1985 the Vietnamese Pot-Bellied pig has been promoted as a housepet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647 |
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