| 释义 |
stumpystump‧y /ˈstʌmpi/ adjective   - He ran surprisingly fast on his stumpy legs but eventually he gave up and slowed to a despairing walk.
- Indeed, they can barely manage even to run, for they have only soft ballooning tubes to serve as stumpy legs.
- Instead it has one long ribbon-like fin that runs along its underside from close to its stumpy tail to its head.
- Somnolent now within its low grey walls and stumpy towers, it was once rich on salt, and powerful to boot.
- They are all rather clumsy and fairly large, being distinguished from the parasols of the period by their short stumpy handles.
- They bumped up the stumpy hillside.
- Two stumpy cylinders, covered with brown corduroy, dangled from the edge of the coat furthest from the head.
- Up on Flagler Street, Wayne Elko slouched past the stumpy palms.
short in length or distance► short if something is short , there is only a small length or distance from one end of it to the other: · These curtains are much too short.· She has short curly hair and wears glasses.· a short-sleeved T-shirt· You look different - your hair's shorter.· The hotel is just a short distance from the station.· Chris went for a short walk to clear his head.short cut (=a shorter, and therefore quicker, way of getting to a place): · Sandy took a short cut home.· Do you know any short cuts to the hospital? ► stubby/stumpy body parts that are stubby or stumpy are short and thick: · Pheasants have short stubby wings which enable them to fly very fast and low.· a fat little boy with stumpy legs stumpy legs, fingers etc are short and thick in an unattractive way SYN stubby |