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burly

/bur-lee/US // ˈbɜr li //UK // (ˈbɜːlɪ) //

粗壮的,魁梧的,庞大的,魁梧

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    bur·li·er, bur·li·est.

    • : large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
    • : bluff; brusque.

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Examples

  • This burly gear will keep you safe as you venture into the dark.

  • While matters of opinion—including those thrown out in the hurly-burly of a talk show segment—are typically outside the realm of defamation, courts may find at least some of the “dozens” of allegedly false claims do not qualify as opinion.

  • The new card is burly enough to enable 120 frames per second performance in VR headsets like the Valve Index for super-smooth motion during any task.

  • I’d quadruple the recipe if you want to make more than just a batch, or skip the sandwiching altogether, which made for some pretty burly cookies.

  • Not waiting around, which would make sense somewhat since Yang himself left the hurly-burly of the campaign back in February.

  • A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.

  • Based on his sock puppet, I expected him to be a burly bearded giant clad in plaid—basically, a Canadian Paul Bunyan.

  • The film tells the story of Ron “Stray Dog” Hall, a burly, sixtysomething biker and Vietnam vet.

  • She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.

  • In recent years, Montana has been electing a certain breed of burly, alpha male Democrats.

  • Tom himself was burly, ruddy, broad, and rather above middle size.

  • This hurly-burly,” said he, drawing her into a quiet eddy of the stream, “is no place for the communion of two twin souls.

  • Out of a dark porch, ten paces along Bond Street, appeared a burly figure to fall into step a few yards behind Gray.

  • A man, burly and broad-shouldered, who had the air of a professional bully, walked by himself ahead.

  • A burly warrior scooped up coals on a piece of bark and with a fiendish grin leaped through the smoke.

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