stout
stout 英 [staʊt] 美 [staʊt]
adj. 结实的；肥壮的； 顽强的
名词复数:stouts 比较级:stouter 最高级:stoutest
- Stout describes something fat, dependable, or rugged. If someone calls you stout, ask them exactly what they mean before bursting into tears and skipping dinner. It could be a compliment!
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- adj. 结实的；肥壮的； 顽强的
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1. a stout pair of shoes
一双厚实耐穿的鞋
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2. He put up a stout defence in court.
他在法庭上进行了顽强的辩护。
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3. He was tall and stoutly built.
他长得五大三粗的。
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4. ‘I disagree,’ said Polly stoutly.
“我不同意。”波利拒不妥协地说。
- stout (adj.) c. 1300, "proud, valiant, strong," from Old French estout "brave, fierce, proud," earlier estolt "strong," from a Germanic source from West Germanic *stult- "proud, stately, strutting" (source also of Middle Low German stolt "stately, proud," German stolz "proud, haughty, arrogant, stately"), from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from late 14c., but has been displaced by the (often euphemistic) meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large, bulky in figure," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in figurative phrase stout-hearted (1550s). Related: Stoutly; stoutness.
- stout (n.) 1670s, "strong beer or ale," from stout (adj.). Later especially, and now usually, "porter of extra strength" (by 1762).
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