beefy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Similar to, or tasting like beef.
  2. Containing beef.
    — The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties.
  3. Strong or muscular. informal
    — The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.
  4. Large; overweight; fat.
    — Grumping indignantly, he said, "By ginger, a nice blanky thing to lose a good job and risk being dam' near killed by Peabody for a beefy married woman. I tell you she weighs over fifteen stone, absolutely."
  5. Sturdy; robust. informal
    — The software slows down even a beefy computer.

词形变化

beefier comparative beefiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
beefily beefiness unbeefy

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Italic *gʷōs
Osco-Umbrianbor.?
Latin bovem
Anglo-Norman beofbor.
Middle English bef
English beef
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English beefy
From beef + -y.
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