thickset

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thick hedge. countable,obsolete
    — 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (as Pisistratus Caxton), What Will He Do with It? Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 4, Book 11, Chapter 7, p. 294, Had Darrell been placed amidst the circumstances that make happy the homes of earnest men, Darrell would have been mirthful; had Waife been placed amongst the circumstances that concentrate talent, and hedge round life with trained thicksets and belting laurels, Waife would have been grave.
  2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. historical,uncountable
    — 1812, George Crabbe, Tales, London: J. Hatchard, Tale 4, “Procrastination,” p. 73, When he, with thickset coat of Badge-man’s blue, Moves near her shaded silk of changeful hue;
  3. A piece of clothing made from this fabric. countable,historical
    — […] his coat was originally what is called a thickset, but out at the elbows;
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a relatively short, heavy build.
    — a thickset, muscular figure
  2. Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted.
    — a thickset wood
  3. Densely covered (with something).
    — a gully thickset with brambles

词形变化

more thickset comparative most thickset superlative thick-set alternative thicksets plural thick-set alternative

词源

词源 1
From thick + set.
词源 2
From thick + set.
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