buirdly

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky. Scotland
    — So John Muir was brought in from his seat in the lorry, he was big and cheery and buirdly, John Muir, a roadman of Segget [...].

词形变化

buirdlier comparative buirdliest superlative

词源

Borrowed from Scots buirdly, alteration of earlier buirly (“burly”), of uncertain origin.
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