pursiness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being pursy.; Shortness of breath, especially due to fatness. uncountable
    — pursiness, Asthma, ǎtis. f.
  2. The state of being pursy.; Fatness, obesity. uncountable
    — 1595, Thomas Lodge, A Fig for Momus, Epistle VI, cited in J. W. Lever, The Elizabethan Love Sonnet, London: Methuen, 1966, p. 150, You pray me to aduise, and tell you what Will take away your pursiness and fat,
  3. The state of being pursy.; The state of being puckered. uncountable
    — When he smiled, the slight pursiness of his mouth disappeared, and a markedly irregular front tooth gave him a boyish air.

词源

From pursy + -ness.
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