| 单词 | pudgy |
| 释义 | pudgy (once / 8485 pages) adj To be pudgy is to be a chubby and short. Baby piglets are sometimes pudgy, but not the runts. Pudgy can describe body parts, too, like a baby’s pudgy cheeks. The word pudge is a short, thick person. Make it an adjective and pudgy describes the same qualities. When you're pudgy, you're a little overweight and short. Many children are pudgy, though they usually outgrow the baby fat. Being pudgy is often associated with being cute. For example, bulldogs and pugs are pudgy dogs — they have squat, round bodies that are adorable. This is a gentle word; you probably wouldn't call someone obese pudgy. WORD FAMILYpudgy: pudgier, pudgily, pudginess+/pudge: pudges, pudgy USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe it’s the illustrations, simple black-and-white line drawings of slightly pudgy people in baggy T-shirts and pants doing really simple maneuvers. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Rasel, curly-haired and slightly pudgy, lived with his family in a two-room mud house on a plot shared with his uncles and cousins. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) The pudgy boy turned to me as I craned my neck. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj short and plump Syn dumpy, podgy, roly-poly, tubby fat having an (over)abundance of flesh |
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