stubby

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stub·by /ˈstʌbi/ adjective  SHORT/NOT LONGshort and thick or fat 短粗的，矮胖的 stubby fingers 又短又粗的手指► see thesaurus at short

Examples from the Corpus

stubby• They formed a colorful mob, short and stubby.• He was leaning back in his chair smoking a long, fat cigarette in a stubby black holder.• Our cottage lay on stubby cliffs close by the sea.• A whip hung from the centre of the stubby cross.• She pictured his bare white chest, the fingers so thick and stubby for some one who made a living at dentistry.

stub·by adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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stubby
stub‧by /ˈstʌbi/ adjective
short and thick or fat:
    stubby fingers
     

THESAURUS

■ 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