portly

英 [ˈpɔːtli]

美 [ˈpɔːrtli]

adj.  发福的; 发胖的

BNC.23027 / COCA.20110

牛津词典

adj.

• 发福的；发胖的
  rather fat

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指男性）肥胖的，过胖的
  Aportlyperson, especially a man, is rather fat.
  1. ...a portly middle-aged man.
     一个胖胖的中年男人

英英释义

adj

• euphemisms for `fat'
  1. men are portly and women are stout
  Synonym:stout

双语例句

• The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride.
  这位矮胖的委托人挺起胸膛，显得有点骄傲的样子。
• There are five people in the hall, one of them being a portly city councillor.
  大厅里有五个人，其中一位是肥胖的市议员。
• The first, a portly man of middle years, was a merchant going to the city to buy goods.
  第一位是个中年男性、身型肥胖的商人，正准备入城去采购货品。
• Carrie acquiesced, and that evening met the portly vance, an individual a few years younger than hurstwood, and who owed his seemingly comfortable matrimonial state much more to his money than to his good looks.
  嘉莉答应了，那天晚上见到了大腹便便的万斯。他比赫斯渥小几岁。他那看似美满的婚姻，多半是因为他有钱，而不是因为他有副好长相。
• Seven Axes of Portly Ads
  虎虎生威的广告七板斧
• Do you know the portly gentleman over there?
  你认识那边那位胖胖的先生吗？
• The lawyer was a tall and portly man with a short neck.
  这律师个子高高的，胖胖的，脖子很短。
• While he was thus engaged, a chariot drove to the door, and a portly gentleman in black, with a heavy watch-chain, alighted, and went in.
  当他正这样看着的时候，一辆轻便四轮马车来到门前，一位举止庄重、穿着黑衣服、挂着一条沉甸甸的表链子的先生下了马车，走进屋里去。
• The tunnels are now widened to accommodate portly Americans, and they are still a tight fit.
  如今，隧道已拓宽，好让大腹便便的美国游客得以通行，不过仍然感觉很紧。
• My wandering eye alighted on a rather portly middle-aged man who was talking earnestly from the platform to a young lady at the next window but one to ours.
  我的目光四处游弋，移到一个中年人身上的时候眼前突然一亮，他体格颇为健壮，站在站台上，正同我们旁边第三个窗口里的一名年轻女郎亲切话别。