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rounder

/roun-der/US // ˈraʊn dər //UK // (ˈraʊndə) //

更大的,更圆的,更大的尺寸,更多

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that rounds something.
    • : a person who makes a round.
    • : Slang. a petty criminal or drunken ne’er-do-well.
    • : British. a Methodist minister who travels a circuit among congregations.
    • : rounders, a game somewhat resembling baseball, played in England.
    • : Informal. a boxing match of a specified number of rounds: a 15-rounder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.ball-shaped; semicircular area
Forms: rounded, rounding

Examples

  • While the largest asteroids still looked planetlike, most small asteroids turned out to be lumpy and irregular in shape, suggesting a different origin or different geophysics than bigger, rounder planets.

  • Some are biological—larger eyes and rounder faces are more feminine, for instance, while a prominent chin is more masculine.

  • When Sonny looked up at last, his own eyes grew, his whole face seemed to grow larger, rounder, younger.

  • “When times are good, we prefer actresses with rounder faces,” psychology professor Terry Pettijohn says.

  • Sofia, 41, is shorter and rounder and quick to crack a joke.

  • The result is rounder and more powerful than a classic blanc de blancs.

  • The man at the window was the dissipated young rounder who had been pointed out as the nephew of President Dunton.

  • The station policeman had seen the crazy rounder jump into a taxi and go spinning off up-town.

  • Her slim, rather lanky figure grew rounder and increased in gracefulness.

  • She was somewhat shorter of stature and rounder of form, with a face in which vivacity and determination were happily blended.

  • Her thin frame began to fill out, her face grew rounder, and her smile was sweetness itself.