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Stocky Stock Stɔki A.矮胖的,粗壮的 英 Adj 矮胖的,粗壮的(Comp Act

单词 stocky
音标 ['stɔki]
解释 a.矮胖的,粗壮的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 矮胖的,粗壮的(comp act, sturdy)
【记】 stock(树桩)+y→像 树桩一样→矮胖的
字源 stocky (adj.)
c.1400, "made of wood," from stock (n.1). Of plants, "of stout and sturdy growth" (not weedy) it is recorded from 1620s. Of persons, "thick-set," 1670s, suggestive of tree trunks, but compare also stock in sense of "trunk of the human body" (late 14c.).
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】stock树干一般

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