thickset

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thick·set /ˌθɪkˈset◂/ adjective  HBHhaving a wide strong body 〔身体〕粗壮的，壮实的 SYN stocky a short thickset man 一个膀阔腰圆的矮个子男人

Examples from the Corpus

thickset• The man was thickset and heavy, like a rugby player, the woman thin and bony.• At thirty-two, Frank was thickset and looked shorter than his five feet ten inches.• The body is heavy and fairly thickset, and the contrasting skin surface markings consist of zigzag or diamond-shaped patterns.• Large thickset birds, with necks relatively longer than most ducks, and legs comparatively short.• He speaks emphatically, does Robert Bruck, his bald head bobbing atop a thickset frame.• Raymo was at the fold-out table, a thickset man with a wide mustache.

thick·set adjectiveChineseSyllable  

body a Corpus wide having strong

thickset
thick‧set /ˌθɪkˈset◂/ adjective
having a wide strong body
   SYN  stocky:
    a short thickset man

thick·setBrE /θɪkˈset/ 🔊NAmE /θɪkˈset/ 🔊 adjective(especially of a man 尤指男子) having a strong heavy body 身体粗壮的；膀阔腰圆的；虎背熊腰的