burly
英 ['b??l?]
美['b?li]
- adj. 結(jié)實(shí)的；率直的；粗魯?shù)?/li>
暢通詞匯低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?burlier;最高級(jí):?burliest;
中文詞源
burly 高大強(qiáng)壯的
詞源不詳。可能來(lái)自PIE *bhergh, 高，高山，同burg, 城堡。
英文詞源
- burly
- burly: [13] Burly has come down in the world over the centuries. Originally it meant ‘excellent, noble, stately’, and it appears to come from an unrecorded Old English adjective *būrlic, literally ‘bowerly’ – that is, ‘fit to frequent a lady’s apartment’. Gradually, connotations of ‘stoutness’ and ‘sturdiness’ began to take over, and by the 15th century the modern ‘heavily built’ had become well established.
=> boor, booth, bower - burly (adj.)
- c. 1300, perhaps from Old English burlic "noble, stately," literally "bowerly," fit to frequent a lady's apartment (see bower). Sense descended through "stout," and "sturdy" by 15c. to "heavily built." Another theory connects the Old English word to Old High German burlih "lofty, exalted," related to burjan "to raise, lift."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Three burly toughs elbowed their way to the front.
- 三個(gè)膀粗腰圓的惡漢擠到了前面。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted.
- 五大三粗的惡漢趾高氣揚(yáng)地走過(guò)來(lái)，居高臨下地對(duì)我咆哮著。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. No one expects him to get involved in the hurly-burly of campaigning.
- 誰(shuí)也沒(méi)有料到他會(huì)加入到亂哄哄的競(jìng)選活動(dòng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was a big, burly man.
- 他高大魁梧。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.
- 他基本上一直對(duì)喧囂的議會(huì)政治漠不關(guān)心.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》