rotund

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrotundro‧tund /rəʊˈtʌnd $ roʊ-/ adjective HBHFAThaving a fat round body – used humorously SYN stout —rotundity noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusrotund• In casting the Sensorites Mervyn Pinfield went deliberately for older, more rotund actors.• In place of a wand she had housemaids, parlor maids, laundresses, cooks, and a rotund chauffeur named Courtney.• It was rust-red and black with its rotund decay, smelling dank and casting a shell-shadow.• The picture shows him as a stocky, almost rotund man.• The endearing bathos and crassness of Laurel found an admirable foil in the elephantine smugness of his rotund partner.• Sadly, the forty-five-year-old's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath.• Anything that has ornate carving or gilding, a rotund profile or shapely curved legs is ideal.• She was a short, gray-haired, rotund woman of weary carriage and a dignity appropriate to her remarkable birth.Origin rotund (1400-1500) Latin rotundus; → ROUND2

单词	rotund
释义	rotund From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrotundro‧tund /rəʊˈtʌnd $ roʊ-/ adjective HBHFAThaving a fat round body – used humorously SYN stout —rotundity noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusrotund• In casting the Sensorites Mervyn Pinfield went deliberately for older, more rotund actors.• In place of a wand she had housemaids, parlor maids, laundresses, cooks, and a rotund chauffeur named Courtney.• It was rust-red and black with its rotund decay, smelling dank and casting a shell-shadow.• The picture shows him as a stocky, almost rotund man.• The endearing bathos and crassness of Laurel found an admirable foil in the elephantine smugness of his rotund partner.• Sadly, the forty-five-year-old's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath.• Anything that has ornate carving or gilding, a rotund profile or shapely curved legs is ideal.• She was a short, gray-haired, rotund woman of weary carriage and a dignity appropriate to her remarkable birth.Origin rotund (1400-1500) Latin rotundus; → ROUND2
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