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单词 podgy
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Definition of podgy in English:

podgy

adjectivepodgiest, podgier ˈpɒdʒiˈpɑdʒi
British informal
  • (of a person or part of their body) rather fat; chubby.

    〈英,非正式〉(人,人体部位)很胖的;胖乎乎的

    he put a podgy arm round Alan's shoulders

    他把一只胖乎乎的手臂搭在了艾伦的肩上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If anyone knows why podgy women wear tops and trousers that don't meet, and lardy men go around without shirts in public places, please let me know.
    • Is it any wonder that there are podgy children, when the Government makes this one of its priorities?
    • I had a short and successfully anonymous encounter with a podgy woman in spectacles.
    • I know what I am, I'm podgy, so why get insulted about it?
    • I'm suddenly overcome by a surge of unhappiness and slump down on the desk, resting on my bloated belly, burying my face in the comforting but annoyingly podgy darkness of my arms.
    • This was swiftly slapped on to the front pages, accompanied by faintly pervy photos of podgy teenaged girls' bums in too-tight hipster jeans or wobbly thighs at the side of the school swimming pool.
    • She's only about 4ft 10 in, but she has lovely legs in the portrait, although her hands are rather podgy - just as they are painted.
    • The podgy man scratched his beard, trying to make sense of her questions.
    • He was about 5ft 10 in, medium build and slightly podgy with a round face plus eyebrow and tongue piercings.
    • The man wasn't tall, quite the contrary, he was podgy with a round, smiling face.
    • Upon her first encounter, Eve, the narrator, meets Nikolas as a podgy fiftysomething, a ruined gigolo who has taken to conducting orchestras - badly.
    • Once elevated, mobility is achieved via the royal point: a podgy arm waves towards her curiosity.
    • She's married, a good mother, bit podgy, works hard, is a diligent and decent person.
    • The driver - a dark, podgy man with a thick Afro haircut - nodded and drove.
    • He glared at the two of us, podgy arms folded and tucked into his leather apron.
    • Last time I went there was April Fools' Day last year when it was practically deserted but for half a dozen podgy guys dancing on a smoky dance floor to So Macho.
    • She wrapped her arms around his neck, loving having his podgy arms around her.
    • But there is nothing like having a podgy, middle-class sociopath leave cycle-shaped bruises on your arms and legs to change your mind.
    • It opened to reveal a large podgy lady with long brown hair, in a blue and yellow dress.
    • This bag became our abiding memory of that game as it swooped over the podgy people below.
    Synonyms
    chubby, plump, fat, fattish, stout, rotund, buxom, well upholstered, well covered, well padded, of ample proportions, ample, roly-poly, round, rounded, well rounded, full, chunky, broad in the beam, dumpy, portly, overweight, fleshy, paunchy, bulky
    informal tubby, pudgy, porky, blubbery, poddy
    British informal fubsy
    North American informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed
    archaic pursy, abdominous

Derivatives

  • podginess

  • nounˈpɒdʒɪnəsˈpɑdʒinəs
    British informal
    • Here was a fellow who looked podgy, and podginess immediately makes people think that you mustn't be able to run, you mustn't be able to do anything.

Rhymes

dodgy, splodgy, stodgy

Definition of podgy in US English:

podgy

adjectiveˈpɑdʒiˈpäjē
British informal
  • (of a person or part of their body) somewhat fat; chubby.

    〈英,非正式〉(人,人体部位)很胖的;胖乎乎的

    he put a podgy arm around Alan's shoulders

    他把一只胖乎乎的手臂搭在了艾伦的肩上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She wrapped her arms around his neck, loving having his podgy arms around her.
    • The podgy man scratched his beard, trying to make sense of her questions.
    • But there is nothing like having a podgy, middle-class sociopath leave cycle-shaped bruises on your arms and legs to change your mind.
    • If anyone knows why podgy women wear tops and trousers that don't meet, and lardy men go around without shirts in public places, please let me know.
    • I know what I am, I'm podgy, so why get insulted about it?
    • I'm suddenly overcome by a surge of unhappiness and slump down on the desk, resting on my bloated belly, burying my face in the comforting but annoyingly podgy darkness of my arms.
    • She's only about 4ft 10 in, but she has lovely legs in the portrait, although her hands are rather podgy - just as they are painted.
    • Upon her first encounter, Eve, the narrator, meets Nikolas as a podgy fiftysomething, a ruined gigolo who has taken to conducting orchestras - badly.
    • The driver - a dark, podgy man with a thick Afro haircut - nodded and drove.
    • This bag became our abiding memory of that game as it swooped over the podgy people below.
    • I had a short and successfully anonymous encounter with a podgy woman in spectacles.
    • He glared at the two of us, podgy arms folded and tucked into his leather apron.
    • She's married, a good mother, bit podgy, works hard, is a diligent and decent person.
    • Is it any wonder that there are podgy children, when the Government makes this one of its priorities?
    • He was about 5ft 10 in, medium build and slightly podgy with a round face plus eyebrow and tongue piercings.
    • Last time I went there was April Fools' Day last year when it was practically deserted but for half a dozen podgy guys dancing on a smoky dance floor to So Macho.
    • It opened to reveal a large podgy lady with long brown hair, in a blue and yellow dress.
    • The man wasn't tall, quite the contrary, he was podgy with a round, smiling face.
    • Once elevated, mobility is achieved via the royal point: a podgy arm waves towards her curiosity.
    • This was swiftly slapped on to the front pages, accompanied by faintly pervy photos of podgy teenaged girls' bums in too-tight hipster jeans or wobbly thighs at the side of the school swimming pool.
    Synonyms
    chubby, plump, fat, fattish, stout, rotund, buxom, well upholstered, well covered, well padded, of ample proportions, ample, roly-poly, round, rounded, well rounded, full, chunky, broad in the beam, dumpy, portly, overweight, fleshy, paunchy, bulky
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