portly

portly是一個英語形容詞，主要用於描述（尤指中年或老年男子）肥胖的、發福的，兼具幽默意味。該詞在英式英語中使用較廣泛，美式發音略有差異。根據劍橋詞典資料，portly還可譯為波蘭語“korpulentny”，中文“肥胖的”等。其詞性兼具名詞用法，指肥胖的人或特大號服裝。portly的比較級為portlier，最高級為portliest。

基本介紹

• 詞性：形容詞、名詞  
• 發音：英/ˈpɔːt.li/，美/ˈpɔːrt.li/   
• 比較級：portlier  
• 同義詞：stout、fat   
• 用法特點：幽默意味（英）  
• 翻譯示例：波蘭語korpulentny 

發音與詞性

根據2023年02月參考資料，portly的英式發音為/ˈpɔːt.li/，美式發音為/ˈpɔːrt.li/。該詞兼具形容詞和名詞詞性，形容詞譯為“肥胖的；魁偉的”，名詞指“肥胖的人；特大號服裝”。

用法與翻譯

portly多用於描述中年或老年男性，具有幽默意味。劍橋英語-波蘭語詞典將其譯為“korpulentny”，並提供用法示例如“portly gentleman”。在中文語境中，portly對應“（尤指中年或老年男子）肥胖的，發福的”。

比較級與同義詞

截至2021年01月資料，portly的比較級為portlier，最高級為portliest。其同義詞包括overweight、stout、stocky等。海詞詞典指出，portly的古義為“莊嚴的”，屬委婉表達。

例句與擴展

portly常見於描述人物外貌，例如“a portly build”（肥胖的體型）。名詞形式portliness指肥胖狀態。該詞在不同語言中翻譯多樣，如西班牙語“corpulento”。

• With a cry of delight he ran towards the slumbering Portly. 他高興地叫了一聲，向熟睡的小胖跑去。
• Who are the two noble portly figures accompanying her, now grown to man's estate? 陪同她的那兩個高貴莊重的人是誰呢，現在已經成了大人了？
• "It seems that it was there he gave Portly his first swimming-lesson," continued the Rat. “他好像在那兒給小胖上了第一節游泳課。”水鼠接著說。
• The general is a portly old man. 那位將軍是位身材魁梧的老人。
• Do you know the portly gentleman over there? 你認識那邊那位胖胖的先生嗎？
• A portly city councilor attended the meeting. 一位肥胖的市議員出席了會議。
• The new manager is a portly middle-aged woman. 新來的經理是個肥胖的中年女士。
• The lawyer was a tall and portly man with a short neck. 這律師個子高高的，胖胖的，脖子很短。
• He wore a belted raincoat that accentuated his portly middle. 他穿著一件系腰帶的雨衣，使他發福的腰身更加顯眼。
• And with a cry of delight he ran towards the slumbering Portly. 鼠高興地喊了一聲，向沉睡的胖胖跑去。
• There are five people in the hall, one of them being a portly city councillor. 大廳里有五個人，其中一位是肥胖的市議員。
• The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride. 這位矮胖的委託人挺起胸膛，顯得有點驕傲的樣子。
• One girl aged 13, used clay to create a woman that could only be described as portly. 一個13歲的女孩兒用黏土稱作了一個只能用“大腹便便”來形容的女性。
• Fact is, the portly plumber perfected platforming way back in 1996 with Super Mario 64. 事實上，胖胖的水管工在1996年的《超級馬里奧64》的平台上就表現完美。
• The portly gentlemen in the front rows began to feel that she was a delicious little morsel. 前排的那些大腹便便的紳士們開始覺得她是一個可人的小東西。
• Well, it seems that it was there he gave Portly his first swimming-lesson, ' continued the Rat. “嗯，像是因為那是他第一次教胖胖游泳的地方，”河鼠接著說
• Mrs. Chang was a portly woman of forty or more with the dainty little foreign name of "Tessie." 張太太是位四十多歲的胖女人，外國名字是小巧玲瓏的Tessie。
• Portly, bald and impeccably dressed with cap, cape and cane, the professor is Japan's anti-Indiana Jones. 身材魁梧健壯，穿著一絲不苟，頭戴帽子，身披斗篷，手持竹杖的這位宗像教授是日本的印第安納瓊斯式地反傳統人物。
• Gone are the chic stylings of former manager Jose Mourinho, replaced by a portly and awkward-looking Benitez. 型男前任，撒有那拉。取而代之的是名帥貝豬—— 很衰，很豬。
• Now, at last, she was really in it. She had COME up the imposing steps, guarded by the large and portly doorman. 現在，她自己也終於真的來到了這裡。她真的走上了由那個身強力壯的看門人守護的堂皇的台階。
• As for Meggie, she was incapable of equating Teresa's beaming, portly little mother with her own slender unsmiling mother. 至於梅吉，她簡直沒法把特麗薩滿臉笑容、矮矮胖胖的媽媽和她自己那面無笑容、頎長苗條的媽媽相提並論。
• The use of the lightweight materials meant designers were able to shave almost 250lb from the kerb weight of the portly GT-R. 使用輕型材料意味著設計師能夠節省近二百五十〇英鎊從路邊重量大腹便便燃氣輪機- R的。
• Instantly the portly lady's face became exceedingly sober and shrewd. She turned about and fixed on Carrie a very searching eye. 立刻，這位胖夫人的臉色變得極其嚴肅和精明。她轉過身來，用銳利的目光打量著嘉莉。