portly

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɔːtli/    美 /ˈpɔɹtli/|/ˈpoʊɹtli/|/ˈpoːtliː/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
    — Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.
  2. Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. archaic
    — He ſends this Souldans daughter rich and braue, To be my Queene and portly Empereſſe, […]

词形变化

portlier comparative portliest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
portlily portliness unportly
相关词
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词源

From an archaic sense of port (“manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage”) + -ly.
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