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stockiness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈstɒk.i.nəs/ us /ˈstɑː.ki.nəs/
a body shape that is fairly short with wide shoulders and chest: 矮壮，敦实
Something about the stockiness of his build seemed familiar.他矮壮的身材似乎有些熟悉。
The footballer has the stockiness and broad shoulders more associated with a boxer.这位足球运动员身材矮壮，肩膀宽阔，更像是一名拳击手。
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stocky
He was a man of unusual stockiness.
Despite her stockiness, she is beautiful.
Family photographs show a progression from normal stockiness at two, through childhood chubbiness, to frank fatness by ten.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: fat or well-built
baby fat
blob
blubber
blubbery
bulky
chubbiness
chubster
curvy
dumpy
fatness
full-figured
heavyset
obesity
over-fat
overweight
paunchiness
plump
pudgy
rotund
stout
Examples of stockiness
stockiness
All these plants may be sheared or cut back to induce stockiness.
From Project Gutenberg
The splendor of his clothing was curiously at odds with the coarseness of his features and the stockiness of his body.
From Project Gutenberg
A short femur line gave him an entirely false appearance of stockiness.
From Project Gutenberg
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