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embonpoint

/French ahn-bawn-pwan/US // French ɑ̃ bɔ̃ˈpwɛ̃ //UK // French (ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃) //

栓子点,栓点,嵌入点,拥抱点

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : excessive plumpness; stoutness.

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Examples

  • Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.

  • He was a stout, healthy-looking person, inclining to embonpoint; bound to succeed, if only from sheer solidity of person.

  • Why do opera singers show such a marked tendency to embonpoint?

  • Even Falstaff would be inclined to embonpoint if he were alive, in these days of Gallic supremacy.

  • It took two down cushions to give Zebedee's embonpoint the proper "bowl full of jelly" contour.

  • She was fond of the good things in life, and was obliged to watch carefully a tendency to embonpoint.