| 单词 | chunky |
| 释义 | chunky (once / 4933 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that's full of little lumps and bits is chunky. Some people are crazy about chunky peanut butter, while others prefer it to be smooth and creamy. Some kinds of soup are chunky, with hunks of potato and pieces of broccoli, and you can also make a chunky spaghetti sauce that's full of tomato bits. When a person is described as chunky, it means they're dense and thick-bodied, and sometimes quite muscular. Chunky is an American English word, from the sense of chunk as "a thick piece of something," WORD FAMILYchunky: chunkier, chunkiest, chunkily+/chunk: chunked, chunking, chunks, chunky USAGE EXAMPLESCrate & Barrel’s chunky Big Sur furniture, in white oak, fits the vibe, as does a verdant assortment of faux banana trees, orchids and magnolias. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) The finish on the chunky, hexagonal ballpoint, originally designed in 1930s Germany, patinates with use. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) Included in that is oxidized metals, chunky ceramics, textiles, natural woods — and, in a big way, cement tile. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) 1 adj like or containing small sticky lumps 2the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough Syn lumpy unshapely not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape adj short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature some people seem born to be square and chunky Syn dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy little, short low in stature; not tall |
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