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单词 pot-bellied
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pot-belliedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɒtˌbɛlɪd/, /ˌpɒtˈbɛlɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌbɛlid/
Forms: see pot n.1 and bellied adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.1, bellied adj.
Etymology: < pot n.1 + bellied adj. Compare later pot belly n.
1. Having a pot belly.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > types of
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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.
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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.
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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).
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