portly

读音

• /ˈpɔːtli/ 英國
• /ˈpɔɹtli/ General-American
• /ˈpoʊɹtli/ General-American
• /ˈpoːtliː/ Australia

释义

1. 偏胖的，发福的

   In the length he attains, and in his baleen, the Fin-back resembles the right whale, but is of a less portly girth, and a lighter colour, approaching to olive.

   1851年 11月14日，赫爾曼·梅爾維爾，第32章，收錄於白鯨記，1st American版，紐約州紐約：Harper & Brothers；London: Richard Bentley，→OCLC，151頁：

   His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.

   1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 14, in The Little Nugget:

   In Heavyweights, Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) is a fitness guru who installs himself as the über-buff leader of Camp Hope, with the goal of helping portly youngsters shed their saggy stomachs and thunder thighs.

   2011 July 6, Nick Carbone, “Top 10 Worst Fictional Camp Counselors”, in Time, retrieved 08 May 2014:

2. 英俊的，潇洒的

   現罕用

   Portly his person was, and much increast Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.

   1590，埃德蒙·斯宾塞，「Book III, Canto II」，收錄於仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]），London： […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie，→OCLC：

   Be studious well to imitate My portly motion, mien, and gait

   1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy: