chub·by
adjective/ˈtʃʌbi/
/ˈtʃʌbi/
(comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)
- slightly fat in a way that people usually find attractive
胖乎乎的；圆胖的 - chubby cheeks/fingers/hands
胖乎乎的脸颊／手指／手 - She was eleven years old and pretty in a chubby sort of way.
她十一岁，胖乎乎的，很可爱。 - worried that he was getting rather chubby
担心他变得胖乎乎的 - Aah, look at his chubby little hands!
啊，看看他胖乎乎的小手！
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChubby is used with these nouns:- cheek
- finger
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘short and thickset, like a chub’): from chub. - chubby cheeks/fingers/hands