flabby

Word family nounflabflabbinessadverbflabbilyadjectiveflabby

flab·by /ˈflæbi/ adjectiveadj informal

1 FAThaving unattractive soft loose flesh rather than strong muscles 〔肌肉〕松弛的，松垂的

a flabby stomach

松弛的腹部

► see thesaurus at fat

2 EFFECTIVEused to describe something that is weak or not effective 软弱的，无力的 OPP powerful

intellectually flabby arguments

说不通的论据

The band’s performance was tired and flabby.

乐队的表演有气无力。

—flabbiness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

flabby• Her body was getting old and flabby.• Feeling flabby after all that festive food?• Suddenly this flabby and overweight woman decided to do what younger and more athletic daredevils had shrunk from doing.• He has a big tummy and his arms all flabby and they quiver.• Because he is so flabby in his body I think.• It was that of a young man, tall but somewhat flabby muscled.• He was neither pallid nor flabby, prison had not marked him in the ways she expected.• She's gotten flabby since she stopped swimming.• When he took her hand in his, it was flabby, soft and tremulous.• John's flabby white thighs wobbled as he walked across the beach.

Origin flabby

(1600-1700) Perhaps from flappy, from flap

单词	flabby
释义	flabby Word family nounflabflabbinessadverbflabbilyadjectiveflabby flab·by /ˈflæbi/ ●○○ adjectiveadj informal 1 FAThaving unattractive soft loose flesh rather than strong muscles 〔肌肉〕松弛的，松垂的 a flabby stomach 松弛的腹部 ► see thesaurus at fat 2 EFFECTIVEused to describe something that is weak or not effective 软弱的，无力的 OPP powerful intellectually flabby arguments 说不通的论据 The band’s performance was tired and flabby. 乐队的表演有气无力。 —flabbiness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus flabby• Her body was getting old and flabby.• Feeling flabby after all that festive food?• Suddenly this flabby and overweight woman decided to do what younger and more athletic daredevils had shrunk from doing.• He has a big tummy and his arms all flabby and they quiver.• Because he is so flabby in his body I think.• It was that of a young man, tall but somewhat flabby muscled.• He was neither pallid nor flabby, prison had not marked him in the ways she expected.• She's gotten flabby since she stopped swimming.• When he took her hand in his, it was flabby, soft and tremulous.• John's flabby white thighs wobbled as he walked across the beach. Origin flabby (1600-1700) Perhaps from flappy, from flap
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