单词 | big-bodied |
释义 | > as lemmasbig-bodied big-bodied adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky burlyc1400 bulkedc1420 massyc1540 bowerly1542 lumpish1545 big-bodied1561 massy?1571 spacious1595 voluminousa1635 grossy1648 bulkishc1660 bulky1687 bulksomea1693 material1715 bouksome1785 dinosaurian1916 dinosauric1922 1561 Bible (Geneva) Judges iii. f. 106v_note Strong, and big bodied. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. ix. 17/1 Many bigge bodied streames. 1668 S. Colepresse Let. 7 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1967) IV. 107 Mary Bastone..was a big bodied woman: & healthy enough. 1841 E. Rigby Resid. Shores Baltic I. vii. 138 Side by side on the floor stood big-bodied bottles of spirit and liqueur. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Mar. 14/3 His exiguous youths appeal to the sensual imagination as effectively as his big-bodied redheads. big-bodied a. Having a body or trunk; usually with an adjective, forming a parasynthetic combination, as big-bodied, able-bodied adj. and n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [adjective] bodieda1547 truncal1847 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Civv Lyke to the aged boysterous bodyed oke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 20 He is deformed..Ill-fac'd, worse bodied, shapelesse euery where. View more context for this quotation 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. iii. 1421 The women in Camienitz goe with their Coates close bodied. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 194 He [sc. unicorn] is commonly pictured, bodyed like a Buck. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 121 Light body'd Cranes. 1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan I. i. xv. 122 Of moderate stature, gauntly bodied, and loosely built. < as lemmas |
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