rotund

• adj. 洪亮的；圆胖的

1. spherical in shape

2. (of sounds) full and rich;

"orotund tones"

"the rotund and reverberating phrase"

"pear-shaped vowels"

3. excessively fat;

"a weighty man"

A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentle-man appeared.

一位身材圆胖、面带笑容、满脸通红的先生出现了。

柯林斯例句

the rotund figure of Mr Stevens

史蒂文斯先生圆胖的体形

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentleman appeared.

一位身材圆胖、面带笑容、满脸通红的先生出现了。

辞典例句

He is a pleasant rotund little man; he always looks very well - fed.

他是个可爱的矮胖子, 看上去总像是吃得很好.

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The ambulance - men had to dhow their way through the huge crowd standing rotund the crashed ears.

救护人员只好从围观出事车辆的人群中挤进.

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来自拉丁语 rota,轮子，词源同 round,roll,rotate.-und,形容词后缀。引申词义圆的，圆胖的。

1. A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentle-man appeared.

一位身材圆胖、面带笑容、满脸通红的先生出现了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. the rotund figure of Mr Stevens

史蒂文斯先生圆胖的体形

来自《权威词典》

3. A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentleman appeared.

一位身材圆胖、面带笑容、满脸通红的先生出现了。

来自辞典例句

4. He spoke with rotund delivery . He chose his words carefully.

他演讲起来声音圆润,字斟句酌.

来自辞典例句

5. Mrs. Butler was sitting in rotund complacency at the foot of the table.

巴特勒太太心安理得地坐在桌子的末端.

来自辞典例句

rotund (adj.)

1705, from Latin rotundus "rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary). Earlier was rotound (1610s); rotounde (early 15c.). Meaning "full-toned style of oratory" (1830) is after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics."