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    roly-poly

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ro·ly-po·ly1 /ˌrəʊli ˈpəʊli◂ $ ˌroʊli ˈpoʊ-/ adjective informal  FATa roly-poly person is round and fat 〔人〕圆圆胖胖的
    Examples from the Corpus
    roly-poly• Rock was a roly-poly detective who looked like a no-hoper but who always outwitted the opposition with sly brilliance.• They walked like roly-poly dolls, their heavily padded sleeves making their arms stick out.• They have two roly-poly little boys.• Eddie's actress wife Patsy Ann Scott secretly filmed the roly-poly star as he snoozed in bed.
    Related topics: Food, dish
    roly-poly2 noun (plural roly-polies) [countable, uncountable]  DFFa British sweet food made of jam that is rolled up inside pastry 果酱布丁卷〔一种英国甜食〕    Origin roly-poly (1800-1900) → ROLL1
    ro·ly-po·ly1 adjectiveroly-poly2 nounChineseSyllable
    round and Corpus fat a is roly-poly person


    roly-poly
    I
    ro‧ly-po‧ly1 /ˌrəʊli ˈpəʊli◂ $ ˌroʊli ˈpoʊ-/ adjective informal
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: ⇨ roll1
    a roly-poly person is round and fat

    II
    roly-poly2 noun (plural roly-polies) [uncountable and countable]
    a British sweet food made of jam that is rolled up inside pastry


    adjective,
    noun
    roly-polyBrE /ˌrəʊli ˈpəʊli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌroʊli ˈpoʊli/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (informal) (of people 人) short, round and fat 矮胖的；圆胖的 SYN plump
    roly-polyBrE /ˌrəʊli ˈpəʊli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌroʊli ˈpoʊli/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    roly-polies    )     (also ˌroly-poly ˈpudding) [uncountable, countable] (BrE) a hot dessert (= a sweet dish) made from suet pastry spread with jam and rolled up 果酱布丁卷（热甜食）