dumpy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
    — Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.
  2. Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”). slang
    — When her animation students at Kansas City Art Institute kept asking why the moms in Pixar have dump-truck asses, Bona Bones […] knew she had to share the answer beyond just the classroom. That’s how she found herself making a TikTok to directly answer the question: “Why do all Pixar moms have such huge dumpies?”
  3. A small bottle of beer. South-Africa
    — Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.
  4. Ellipsis of dumpy level. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Short and thick; stout or stocky.
  2. Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
    — "I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"

词形变化

dumpier comparative dumpiest superlative dumpies plural dumpier comparative dumpiest superlative dumpies plural

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English dump
English -y
English dumpy
From dump + -y.
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