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单词 broad-built
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broad-builtadv.

Brit. /ˌbrɔːdˈbɪlt/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈbɪlt/, /ˌbrɑdˈbɪlt/
Forms: see broad adv. and build v.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adv., English built , build v.
Etymology: < broad adv. + built, past participle of build v.
1. Of a house, ship, etc.: constructed so as to be wide or spacious; large.
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1977) l. 1392 Heȝe houses withinne, þe halle to hit med; So brod bilde, in a bay, þat blonkkes myȝt renne.
1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 109 Whose broad-built-bulks, the boyst'rous Billows, bear.
1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 31 For Us the streets, broad-built and populous, For them unhealthy corners, garrets dim.
1886 F. Y. Powell in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. v. ii. 305 Huntingdon relieved it a third time, breaking through the blockade and taking several big Genoese carracks, huge broad-built vessels which towered a spear's-length over our little 100-ton ships.
1992 GeoJournal 26 461/1 The short- and broad-built ‘Santa Maria’ was probably sensitive for leeway effect.
2. Of a person or animal: having a stocky or powerful build. Cf. broad-set adj. 2.In quot. 1692 a figurative allusion to quot. 1680 at sense 1 as part of an extended nautical metaphor.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]
stalworthc1175
thicka1250
stubblea1300
quarryc1300
stalworthyc1300
stoura1350
sturdyc1386
buirdlya1400
squarec1430
couragec1440
craskc1440
substantialc1460
ample1485
stalwart1508
puddinga1540
full-bodied1588
robust1666
two-handed1687
swankinga1704
strapping1707
broad-set1708
thick-set1724
throddy?1748
thick-bodied1752
broad-built1771
junky1825
swankie1838
stodgy1854
wide-bodied1854
beefish1882
hunky1911
buff1982
buffed1986
1692 C. Gildon Nuncius Infernalis ii. 14 For our Wives, O Suterkin Hogen, our Wives, Whose Broad built Bulks the Boistrous Billows Bear.
1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 109 Their persons..seem to be low; but pretty broad built.
1875 M. C. Hay Squire's Legacy I. i. 29 A coarse-featured, broad-built fellow, with a moody scowl upon his face.
1945 Derby Evening Tel. 23 Feb. 4/4 Pleading to be taken seriously for a moment, this broad-built, ruddy-skinned comedian..asked everybody to make the best of their rations.
2022 @AretiaLily 7 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Apr. 2022) Nanako's type..is broad-built, easygoing men who are passionate about sports.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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