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单词 fleshy
释义 fleshy
\ˈfleshē, -shi\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from flesh + -y
1.
 a. : marked by, characteristic of, or resembling flesh
  < we lived ere yet this fleshy robe we wore — S.T.Coleridge >
 b. : having or marked by ample or excess flesh whether merely adipose or muscular and sinewy
  < bold fleshy curves [of his face] had … far extended beyond the limits originally assigned them — Charles Dickens >
 usually : plump, corpulent, fat
  < a fleshy woman >
 c. : composed of flesh only rather than bone or sinew
  < he'd been shot through the fleshy part of the leg and had lost a good deal of blood — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall >
2. : fleshly; especially : sensual and libidinous
 < enjoying a girly show and other fleshy pleasures of life — Alan Levy >
3.
 a. : succulent, pulpy
  < soft fleshy fruits >
 b. : having body or substance : not thin, dry, or membranaceous
  < a fleshy fungus >
Synonyms: see fat
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