stocky
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stock·y /ˈstɒki $ ˈstɑː-/ adjective (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest) STRONG PERSONa stocky person is short and heavy and looks strong 〔人〕矮而结实的，粗壮的 a stocky build 敦实的体格► see thesaurus at short —stockily adverb —stockiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
stocky• The sisters had similar features but Rachel was shorter and stockier.• The picture shows him as a stocky, almost rotund man.• He's a big stocky bloke and he plays rugby.• a blond, stocky boy• The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build.• That's the stocky figure of Malachi Horan going down the hill now.• He was a stocky, forty-year-old Londoner with a pale skin and crew-cut red hair.• Shorter than Carver - five foot seven - he was heavily built with wide shoulders and stocky legs.• Brandon's quite stocky really, isn't he?• Claire was the younger sister; square-jawed and stocky, the one with the head for business.• He identified Davis as one of the people and described the other as a stocky woman with a ruddy complexion.stocky build• He's in his late twenties, about five feet ten and of a stocky build.• The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build.• Witnesses described the running man as about 5', of stocky build, and with an extremely florid complexion.• A homely man of stocky build he sported an untidy moustache.stock·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
looks Corpus is and short strong heavy a and stocky person
stocky
stock‧y /ˈstɒki $ ˈstɑː-/
adjective (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)
a stocky person is short and heavy and looks strong:
a stocky build
—stockily adverb
—stockiness noun [uncountable]
■ person
▪short someone who is short is not as tall as most people: He was a short fat man.
▪not very tall quite short. This phrase sounds more gentle than saying that someone is short: She wasn’t very tall – maybe about 1.60 m.
▪small short and with a small body: My mother was a small woman. | The girl was quite small for her age (=smaller than other girls of the same age).
▪petite used about a woman who is attractively short and thin: She was a petite woman with blonde hair.
▪stocky used about a boy or man who is short, heavy, and strong: Harry was stocky and middle-aged.
▪dumpy short and fat: a dumpy girl with red hair
▪diminutive formal literary very short or small – used especially in descriptions in novels: a diminutive figure dressed in black
▪stubby stubby fingers or toes are short and thick: the baby’s stubby little fingers
stock‧y /ˈstɒki $ ˈstɑː-/
adjective (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)a stocky person is short and heavy and looks strong:
—stockily adverb
—stockiness noun [uncountable]
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