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单词 thickset
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Definition of thickset in English:

thickset

adjectiveθɪkˈsɛt
  • (of a person or animal) heavily or solidly built; stocky.

    (人,动物)体格(或体形)粗壮的

    a thickset boy with dark greasy hair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The findings, based on ancient human bones from a cave in Romania, add to the long-running debate as to why Neandertals, a heavy-browed, thickset species of human, eventually became extinct.
    • The widow's small thickset neighbours, gathered in the plain, seemly room, are doggedly attentive as the priest, comically, explains the afterlife to a ghost.
    • The thickset man, who was in his 50s, drove off with a trailer in tow, but was followed by Mr Long.
    • Without the racist prop the reader would have been just like anyone else on the train, yet with it he suddenly appeared to be an archetypal thickset English thug.
    • Described as a thickset man of average height, Joe always wore a cap.
    • Before we could walk to the door, a thickset man opened it.
    • The peasant in charge of laundry duty, a thickset, intimidating woman of considerable age, looked Kelly up and down with a beady, critical eye.
    • As he strode across the lobby, I saw an elderly man, thickset and tough, who resembled an oil tycoon.
    • Karl stood up almost immediately to shake the hand of a thickset man.
    • The commander was a thickset man with hooded eyelids and a greasy charm.
    • He's a thickset, ex-pat Brit who's spent nine no-risk years sunning himself by his swimming pool, tempting skin cancer.
    • I just retain the impression of a short, thickset, dark-haired individual dressed in hairy tweed and sitting in silence in an armchair.
    • In one corner, I noticed that a group of thickset males were eyeing their orders.
    • One afternoon a short, thickset visitor, bearded and dressed à la mode, presented himself backstage.
    • He was positioned behind three other men and a thickset woman.
    • Yes, I was accosted, again, in my driveway with two very thickset people, attempted to get into the car at night.
    • The guest was a thickset, strong-looking middle-aged man with grey hair and moustache.
    • A thickset woman with very short, dark hair, she was silent and barely flinched as people passing her hissed insults into her ear.
    • He sat up, revealing broad, stocky shoulders and thickset arms to go along with them.
    • Everywhere you look, there are thickset bully boys in tight-fitting suits, ready to dish out punishment.
    Synonyms
    heavily built, stocky, bull-necked, sturdy, sturdily built, well built, chunky, burly, strapping, brawny, muscular, solid, heavy, hefty, beefy, meaty
    cobby
    Australian/New Zealand nuggety
    technical mesomorphic, pyknic
    informal hulking
    archaic squabby

Rhymes

abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette

Definition of thickset in US English:

thickset

adjective
  • (of a person or animal) heavily or solidly built; stocky.

    (人,动物)体格(或体形)粗壮的

    a thickset boy with dark greasy hair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One afternoon a short, thickset visitor, bearded and dressed à la mode, presented himself backstage.
    • The peasant in charge of laundry duty, a thickset, intimidating woman of considerable age, looked Kelly up and down with a beady, critical eye.
    • A thickset woman with very short, dark hair, she was silent and barely flinched as people passing her hissed insults into her ear.
    • He was positioned behind three other men and a thickset woman.
    • Yes, I was accosted, again, in my driveway with two very thickset people, attempted to get into the car at night.
    • The thickset man, who was in his 50s, drove off with a trailer in tow, but was followed by Mr Long.
    • Before we could walk to the door, a thickset man opened it.
    • He's a thickset, ex-pat Brit who's spent nine no-risk years sunning himself by his swimming pool, tempting skin cancer.
    • In one corner, I noticed that a group of thickset males were eyeing their orders.
    • I just retain the impression of a short, thickset, dark-haired individual dressed in hairy tweed and sitting in silence in an armchair.
    • Described as a thickset man of average height, Joe always wore a cap.
    • The widow's small thickset neighbours, gathered in the plain, seemly room, are doggedly attentive as the priest, comically, explains the afterlife to a ghost.
    • Without the racist prop the reader would have been just like anyone else on the train, yet with it he suddenly appeared to be an archetypal thickset English thug.
    • The findings, based on ancient human bones from a cave in Romania, add to the long-running debate as to why Neandertals, a heavy-browed, thickset species of human, eventually became extinct.
    • Everywhere you look, there are thickset bully boys in tight-fitting suits, ready to dish out punishment.
    • He sat up, revealing broad, stocky shoulders and thickset arms to go along with them.
    • The commander was a thickset man with hooded eyelids and a greasy charm.
    • The guest was a thickset, strong-looking middle-aged man with grey hair and moustache.
    • As he strode across the lobby, I saw an elderly man, thickset and tough, who resembled an oil tycoon.
    • Karl stood up almost immediately to shake the hand of a thickset man.
    Synonyms
    heavily built, stocky, bull-necked, sturdy, sturdily built, well built, chunky, burly, strapping, brawny, muscular, solid, heavy, hefty, beefy, meaty
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