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paunchiness

/pawn-chee, pahn-/US // ˈpɔn tʃi, ˈpɑn- //UK // (ˈpɔːntʃɪ) //

驼背,肥胖,肥胖症,驼峰

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    paunch·i·er, paunch·i·est.

    • : having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.

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Examples

  • One of his captors was the paunchy man, and his hands were heavy and his fingers gripped viciously.

  • A paunchy boss with underset jaw and overhanging upper lip was profanely urging his helpers back to their jobs.

  • His pantaloons were short, his figure was paunchy, authoritative and German.

  • I was ashamed of sponging on Paunchy, and could not bring myself to come back to the saloon where he would willingly have fed me.

  • It was by mere exaggeration of certain not uncommon features that the figure of this paunchy dwarf was arrived at.