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单词 bulbous
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Definition of bulbous in English:

bulbous

adjective ˈbʌlbəsˈbəlbəs
  • 1Fat, round, or bulging.

    肥大的;圆的;凸出的

    a bulbous nose

    一只肥大的鼻子。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fouche, the head of Napoleon's secret police, a stocky man with a bulbous nose, leaned back in his chair and puffed on a cigar.
    • And at the bow six more torpedo tubes could clearly be seen, though from drawings of the bulbous nose I had expected to find eight, along with the two amidships and one at the stern.
    • He points out a transport plane 100 yards away, its nose bulbous with surveillance equipment.
    • Of middling height, Arnold was badly overweight, with the bulbous red nose and watery eyes of someone long lost to the bottle.
    • The square jaws and full lips, for example, the thick eyebrows that build up in the middle, the bulbous nose and chin, the long neck all allude to a particular rather than generic person.
    • WC Fields looms round and grumpy, his bulbous nose glowing, piggy eyes shut from lack of sleep.
    • His face is arresting up close; arched eyebrows and a bulbous nose combine to produce an irregular handsomeness.
    • It will only serve to make your nose look huge and bulbous.
    • ‘Oh, stand up straight,’ the king said, blushing to the tip of his bulbous red nose.
    • Men with giant hands, bulbous noses and bulging eyes congregate and argue over the price of gangs of horses.
    • For example, if a patient has a crooked nose, bulbous tip, and dorsal hump, the physician has to analyze each element accurately and explain the situation to the patient.
    • Instead, a long bow extruded from the bulbous nose of the ship and connected with the engine at the back, there was nothing in between.
    • They are fairly small - about one metre tall and weigh around 35 kilograms, with thick bodies, skinny legs, huge eyes and bulbous noses.
    • His face is a vertical edifice offset by a bulbous, somewhat aquiline nose, lined with sunken black eyes that have clearly observed the Hollywood abattoir too many times.
    • The papers had begun to paint him soft, the cartoonists exaggerating his expanding beltline, and inflating his bulbous nose for comic effect.
    • Hope, with the perfect eyesight of youth, could see that he was squinting into the darkness and noticed he was without the gold-rimmed spectacles which usually perched on the end of his bulbous nose.
    • The Hull shape is of round bilge construction with bulbous bow and sterns keg, flared stem and transom stern.
    • I imagine his face as a Mr Potato Head and give him a bulbous nose and a painted, upturned mouth.
    • Forlorn eyes, a bulbous nose and sweeping cheekbones (reminiscent of Faye Dunaway, but in a manly sort of way) complete the landscape.
    • Beneath his shiny pate and bulbous nose is true divinity, a noble being of omnipotent powers and perceptions.
    Synonyms
    bulging, round, fat, rotund, swollen, spherical, swelling, distended, bloated, protuberant, ovoid, convex, pear-shaped, bulb-shaped, balloon-shaped
    rare tumid
  • 2(of a plant) growing from a bulb.

    (植物)由球茎生长而成的

    the bulbous buttercup
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The best-known species of this bulbous plant is the Star-of-Bethlehem.
    • Green leek leaves were used in salads; the bulbous base was cooked; and the plant was also used as a flavouring.
    • Completing the picture of the perfect bulbous plant, is the fact that hyacinths are very easy to bring into flower.
    • Remarkably, this bulbous plant is relatively unknown.
    • Always cut as little foliage as possible when cutting flowers from your bulbous plants.
    • This bulbous plant originally comes from the warm regions of the United States, specifically California, and is not entirely winter hardy.
    • Next up is celeriac, a large bulbous root vegetable that tastes very much like celery.
    • They should be planted with a small portion of the bulbous part protruding just above the ground.
    • This is one of the most spectacular flowering bulbous plants you can grow indoors.
    • Another very hardy summer bulbous plant is the zephyranthes lily.
    • Although the Hippeastrum can be grown outside in the garden in climatic zones 9 and 10, this bulbous plant is still much more suitable for bringing into flower indoors.
    • It is far better if the grass does not grow too fast while the leaves of the bulbous plants are still growing.
    • The Hippeastrum, striking bulbous plants, with large trumpet-like leaves, go by the general name of Amaryliis.
    • In early spring, white-flowering bulbous cress and waxy yellow swamp buttercup provide bright splashes on the forest floor.
    • Like so many other bulbous plants, Ipheion cannot tolerate wet soil.
    • Also excellent in a rock garden are low-growing bushy bulbous plants such as Anemone blanda, Oxalis adenophylla and Allium karataviense.
    • This species of pelargonium is indigenous to the Eastern Cape and grows wild, sending out long bulbous roots deep into the ground.
    • As evidence to the fact that it is one of the most winter hardy of the little bulbous plants, Scilla siberica can be found growing in Central Russia.
    • Of these, G. nivalis, or the Common snowdrop, is the most familiar one as well as being the earliest flowering bulbous plant.
    • Almost no bulbous plants are native to this part of the world.

Definition of bulbous in US English:

bulbous

adjectiveˈbəlbəsˈbəlbəs
  • 1Fat, round, or bulging.

    肥大的;圆的;凸出的

    a bulbous nose

    一只肥大的鼻子。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of middling height, Arnold was badly overweight, with the bulbous red nose and watery eyes of someone long lost to the bottle.
    • I imagine his face as a Mr Potato Head and give him a bulbous nose and a painted, upturned mouth.
    • He points out a transport plane 100 yards away, its nose bulbous with surveillance equipment.
    • The Hull shape is of round bilge construction with bulbous bow and sterns keg, flared stem and transom stern.
    • Beneath his shiny pate and bulbous nose is true divinity, a noble being of omnipotent powers and perceptions.
    • ‘Oh, stand up straight,’ the king said, blushing to the tip of his bulbous red nose.
    • The square jaws and full lips, for example, the thick eyebrows that build up in the middle, the bulbous nose and chin, the long neck all allude to a particular rather than generic person.
    • The papers had begun to paint him soft, the cartoonists exaggerating his expanding beltline, and inflating his bulbous nose for comic effect.
    • It will only serve to make your nose look huge and bulbous.
    • WC Fields looms round and grumpy, his bulbous nose glowing, piggy eyes shut from lack of sleep.
    • For example, if a patient has a crooked nose, bulbous tip, and dorsal hump, the physician has to analyze each element accurately and explain the situation to the patient.
    • Men with giant hands, bulbous noses and bulging eyes congregate and argue over the price of gangs of horses.
    • Forlorn eyes, a bulbous nose and sweeping cheekbones (reminiscent of Faye Dunaway, but in a manly sort of way) complete the landscape.
    • Hope, with the perfect eyesight of youth, could see that he was squinting into the darkness and noticed he was without the gold-rimmed spectacles which usually perched on the end of his bulbous nose.
    • They are fairly small - about one metre tall and weigh around 35 kilograms, with thick bodies, skinny legs, huge eyes and bulbous noses.
    • His face is arresting up close; arched eyebrows and a bulbous nose combine to produce an irregular handsomeness.
    • And at the bow six more torpedo tubes could clearly be seen, though from drawings of the bulbous nose I had expected to find eight, along with the two amidships and one at the stern.
    • Fouche, the head of Napoleon's secret police, a stocky man with a bulbous nose, leaned back in his chair and puffed on a cigar.
    • Instead, a long bow extruded from the bulbous nose of the ship and connected with the engine at the back, there was nothing in between.
    • His face is a vertical edifice offset by a bulbous, somewhat aquiline nose, lined with sunken black eyes that have clearly observed the Hollywood abattoir too many times.
    Synonyms
    bulging, round, fat, rotund, swollen, spherical, swelling, distended, bloated, protuberant, ovoid, convex, pear-shaped, bulb-shaped, balloon-shaped
  • 2(of a plant) growing from a bulb.

    (植物)由球茎生长而成的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another very hardy summer bulbous plant is the zephyranthes lily.
    • Always cut as little foliage as possible when cutting flowers from your bulbous plants.
    • This species of pelargonium is indigenous to the Eastern Cape and grows wild, sending out long bulbous roots deep into the ground.
    • Almost no bulbous plants are native to this part of the world.
    • Like so many other bulbous plants, Ipheion cannot tolerate wet soil.
    • As evidence to the fact that it is one of the most winter hardy of the little bulbous plants, Scilla siberica can be found growing in Central Russia.
    • Completing the picture of the perfect bulbous plant, is the fact that hyacinths are very easy to bring into flower.
    • Of these, G. nivalis, or the Common snowdrop, is the most familiar one as well as being the earliest flowering bulbous plant.
    • Remarkably, this bulbous plant is relatively unknown.
    • Although the Hippeastrum can be grown outside in the garden in climatic zones 9 and 10, this bulbous plant is still much more suitable for bringing into flower indoors.
    • Also excellent in a rock garden are low-growing bushy bulbous plants such as Anemone blanda, Oxalis adenophylla and Allium karataviense.
    • They should be planted with a small portion of the bulbous part protruding just above the ground.
    • Green leek leaves were used in salads; the bulbous base was cooked; and the plant was also used as a flavouring.
    • In early spring, white-flowering bulbous cress and waxy yellow swamp buttercup provide bright splashes on the forest floor.
    • The Hippeastrum, striking bulbous plants, with large trumpet-like leaves, go by the general name of Amaryliis.
    • It is far better if the grass does not grow too fast while the leaves of the bulbous plants are still growing.
    • Next up is celeriac, a large bulbous root vegetable that tastes very much like celery.
    • The best-known species of this bulbous plant is the Star-of-Bethlehem.
    • This is one of the most spectacular flowering bulbous plants you can grow indoors.
    • This bulbous plant originally comes from the warm regions of the United States, specifically California, and is not entirely winter hardy.
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