| 英语单词 | beefy |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['biːfi] 美 ['biːfi] |
| 中文释义 | adj.强壮的;装满的;装满牛肉的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He's big and beefy. (2) He once had a beefy body that others begrudged. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他身材魁梧,肌肉发达。 (2) 他曾经拥有健壮的让别人妒忌的体魄。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Someone who's beefy has a big, dense, muscular body. Your beefy, loud-voiced gym teacher might turn out to be a sweet and thoughtful person. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective beefy is a bit derogatory — in other words, it's not exactly used as a compliment. If you describe a person as beefy, you imply that not only is he large, strong, and brawny, he might also be somewhat dense. You could also use the word to mean "tasting like beef," although that's much less common. The word dates from 1743, from the sense of "human muscle." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指男子)健硕的,强壮的,肌肉发达的 Someone, especially a man, who is beefy has a big body and large muscles. [usu ADJ n]
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