roboreous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Sturdy, robust, as an oak tree. rare
    — A critic, if morbidly prone to carping, might object even to this reading on the ground that an unsophisticated Englishman, however tender hearted, if at all deficient in imagination might mistake the figurative allusion to the "fires" of affection, for a literal reference to those more roboreous fires of his corporeal existence, which are, proverbially, the combined product of vigorous digestion […]

词形变化

more roboreous comparative most roboreous superlative

词源

From Latin roboreus, from robur (“oak”).
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