fat

单词辨析:

fat chubby dumpy plump rotund stout 【导航词义:胖的】
fat adj. 肥胖的
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指人或动物身体肥胖的;该词语义直接,可以用来形容自己,若用于形容他人则会对其有所冒犯。

〔例证〕

Don't you think I'm too fat?

你不觉得我太胖了吗?

She looks much fatter than she did in her thirties.

她看上去比三十几岁的时候胖多了。

chubby adj. 圆圆胖胖的
〔辨析〕

指身材稍胖但看起来健康漂亮的,尤用于形容婴儿和幼童。

〔例证〕

a baby's chubby cheeks

婴儿胖嘟嘟的脸颊

a chubby 5-year-old boy

一个胖乎乎的5岁男孩

dumpy adj. 矮胖的
〔辨析〕

尤指人身材矮胖且长相难看的。

〔例证〕

a dumpy little man in a grey suit

穿着灰色套装、身材又矮又胖的小个子男人

She is a dumpy woman.

她是个矮胖的女人。

plump adj. 丰满的,胖乎乎的
〔辨析〕

指身材稍胖但看起来漂亮的,尤用于形容女性和儿童,是 fat 的委婉语。

〔例证〕

She is too plump to fit into that T-shirt.

她太丰满了,穿不上那件T恤衫。

She has plump arms and legs.

她胳膊腿儿胖乎乎的。

His six-month-old son is adorable and plump.

他6个月大的儿子很可爱,胖嘟嘟的。

rotund adj. 圆胖的
〔辨析〕

指身材圆滚滚、胖乎乎的,为幽默用语。

〔例证〕

the rotund figure of Tim

蒂姆圆胖的体形

Children in the neighbourhood all like that rotund gentleman.

这一带的孩子们都很喜欢那位体形滚圆的绅士。

stout adj. 肥胖的,肥壮的
〔辨析〕

指身材肥胖壮实的,常用于形容较年长者。

〔例证〕

a short, stout woman

一名矮胖的妇女

That stout man under the tree looks quite sedate.

树下的那个壮汉看起来很沉着。

相关例句:

Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade.

利物浦是靠奴隶贸易肥起来的。

Women's bodies tend to have a higher proportion of fat to water.

女性的身体内脂肪与水分的比例往往更高。

I could eat what I liked without getting fat

我怎么吃都不胖。

Red meat, eaten to excess, is very high in fat and calories.

过量食用的红肉中脂肪和卡路里含量很高。

Skim off the fat.

将油脂撇去。

He was short and fat, with a large beer belly.

他又矮又胖,挺着个大啤酒肚。