单词	strapping
释义	strappingstrap‧ping /ˈstræpɪŋ/ adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a strapping 6-foot 18 year old She remembered Martin as a strapping youth with a big appetite. The farmer's daughters were a fine pair of strapping young girls. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He towered over everybody like a strapping Gallic chieftain. He was a beautiful strapping lad. Some one who, for preference, was a big strapping lad but short on brains. Today the entire Stannard family was present - three more children, all strapping creatures like the parents. You are two healthy, strapping men. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorhaving a strong body► strong someone who is strong has big muscles and can lift heavy things, do a lot of physical work etc: · It took four strong men to lift the piano.· Unless you have very strong arms, get a workman to do the drilling for you.big and strong: · Sarah's big and strong, just like the men she works with.as strong as an ox (=very strong): · Twenty years of working in the steel mill had made him as strong as an ox. ► powerful very strong - use this about someone's body, arms, muscles etc: · He was a tall man with a powerful physique. ► muscular someone who is muscular looks strong because you can see that they have big muscles: · She liked men who were tall and muscular.· He had broad shoulders and muscular arms.· He kept his firm muscular body in shape with an hour's run every morning. ► well-built a well-built man is strong and tall in an attractive way: · A well-built young man in uniform came to our table and asked the time.· Witnesses have described the attacker as white, six feet tall and well-built. ► strapping a strapping young man or young woman is strong, tall, and looks healthy and active: · She remembered Martin as a strapping youth with a big appetite.· The farmer's daughters were a fine pair of strapping young girls. ► brawny strong, with big muscles - use this especially to talk about someone who looks physically strong rather than intelligent: · The gardener's assistant arrived -- a brawny youth who never said a word.· He had a football player's physique: big head, thick neck, brawny shoulders, and heavy legs. a strapping young man or woman is strong, tall, and looks healthy and active:  a strapping young lad
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