| 单词 | plump |
| 例句 | plump adjective •a plump child:chubby, fat, stout, rotund, well padded, ample, full-figured, pillowy, round, chunky, portly, overweight, fleshy, paunchy, bulky, corpulent | rare pulvinate | informal tubby, roly-poly, pudgy, beefy, porky, zaftig, corn-fed. ANT thin.WORD NOTE pulvinate, pulvinated When seeking adjectives for soft, rounded things—especially on a woman's body—we too often fall at the first hurdle and choose the very tired Mills and Boon favorite, pillowy. And yet there is a ready-made word for the occasion; Latinate, graceful, specifically intended for things that are cushiony and cushionlike, that swell and bulge. The pulvinated face of a drunk, the pulvinate curve of your lover's breast…. Much better. — ZSConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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