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单词 flabby
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
flab•by /ˈflæbi/USA pronunciation   adj., -bi•er, -bi•est. 
  1. lacking firmness or tone;
    flaccid:flabby muscles.
flab•bi•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
flab•by  (flabē),USA pronunciation adj., -bi•er, -bi•est. 
  1. hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles;
    flaccid.
  2. having such flesh.
  3. lacking strength or determination.
  • 1690–1700; apparently expressive alteration of earlier flappy, with same sense; see flap, -y1; compare late Middle English flabband (attested once), evidently with sense "flapping''
flabbi•ly, adv. 
flabbi•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
flabby /ˈflæbɪ/ adj ( -bier, -biest)
  1. lacking firmness; loose or yielding: flabby muscles
  2. having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
  3. lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual
Etymology: 17th Century: alteration of flappy, from flap + -y1; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip

ˈflabbiness n
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