pyknic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 pĭkʹ-nĭk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; an endomorph.
形容词 adj.
  1. short and stout; endomorphic
    — For example, in the demographic profile published by the Direktorat Bina Masyarakat Terasing (1990), the surveyed populations are each typologized according to a seemingly scientific code relating to such characteristics as: F Bodily characteristics (F₁ Generally athletic, tall, upstanding / F₂ Generally pyknic, slender, medium / F₃ Generally short, fat, small)[…]

词形变化

more pyknic comparative most pyknic superlative pyknics plural

词源

词源 1
From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.
词源 2
From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.
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