单词	stoutness
释义	stoutstout1 /staʊt/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINstout1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French estout Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A stout woman in a tweed coat was standing outside the door. a stout wooden beam Amy was now stout and matronly, the mother of three children. She was a stout woman with an Austrian accent. the stout walls of Kanazawa Castle EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It was packed with people buying up stout shoes. She had a face the color of a pink towel, a stout figure and blue eyes shaped like arrows. The world number one, stout Rod Harrington was pitted against the even stouter hopeful, Ronnie Baxter. Theda was therefore acutely conscious of one gentleman, rather stout and red of face. Will Cunnane, a former Marlin, pitched two stout innings, running his scoreless streak to 13 1 / 3 innings. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorfat and not very tall► dumpy someone, especially a woman or child, who is dumpy , is short and fat: · Clara was a plain, dumpy woman, several years older than her husband.· In his youth, William had been a dumpy little boy who ate too many sweets.· I think this skirt makes me look dumpy. ► tubby someone who is tubby is short and has a fat, round stomach: · The banker was a tubby, jolly-looking man.· He's getting a bit tubby -- too much of his wife's cooking I expect. ► stout someone, especially a middle-aged person, who is stout is short and fat: · A stout woman in a tweed coat was standing outside the door.· Amy was now stout and matronly, the mother of three children. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► stout defence/support/resistance  He put up a stout defence in court. 1fairly fat and heavy, or having a thick body:  a short, stout man2literary strong and thick SYN  sturdy:  a stout pair of shoes3formal brave and determinedstout defence/support/resistance He put up a stout defence in court.—stoutly adverb:  She stoutly denied the rumours.—stoutness noun [uncountable]
随便看	unconcerned unconcernedly unconditional unconditionally unconfirmed unconnected unconscionable unconscionably unconscious unconsciously unconsciousness unconsidered unconstitutional unconstitutionally uncontested uncontrollable uncontrolled unconventional Fokker fold -fold foldaway folder folding foliage

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