c. 1400, "made of wood," from stock (n.1). Of plants, "of stout and sturdy growth" (not weedy) it is recorded from 1620s. Of persons, "thick-set," 1670s, suggestive of tree trunks, but compare also stock in sense of "trunk of the human body" (late 14c.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.
他矮壯結(jié)實(shí)，脖子很粗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He is stocky though not chubby.
他長(zhǎng)得敦實(shí),可并不發(fā)胖.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. He always feels ashamed for his short, stocky figure.
他矮壯的體形總是讓他覺(jué)得羞愧。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. A stocky figure , fashionably dressed in light grey, turned and said easily.