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词汇 stubby
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Definition of stubby in English:

stubby

adjectivestubbier, stubbiest ˈstʌbiˈstəbi
  • Short and thick.

    又短又粗的

    Bob pointed with a stubby finger

    布拉夫顿用又短又粗的手指头指点着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Short, stubby fingers alone can't account for Galen's broaching the second knuckle.
    • Each beast had two short, stubby forelimbs and two powerful, three toed hind legs.
    • They are fitted with two or three sets of small treble hooks and a short, stubby plastic lip.
    • There was a ton of brush and short stubby sticks in the remote area, but nothing larger.
    • The MechDoc was a big, hulking machine with wheels and three short, stubby legs.
    • Mr. Pool was a short, stubby man who was always dressed with style.
    • He scratched his light brown hair with his short stubby fingers; he has a problem with biting his nails.
    • There were also two short, stubby antennae on the creatures' heads.
    • The stoutly man folded his thick stubby fingers over his round belly and nodded silently then replied.
    • If only she had been born with normal feet instead of these short stubby things with odd toes.
    • There was Coach Murray, a short, stubby woman with a blonde pixie cut and a dimpled smile.
    • She was very small, with short, stubby fingers and almost-chubby hands.
    • I wanted more of that sensation, and made my demand known by punching at the air with clawless fists atop short, stubby arms.
    • Let's face it, spaghetti toes with meatball endings are a little goofy looking to most of us, as are short, stubby piggies.
    • Crested Auklets have short stubby bodies with relatively long slender wings.
    • He stepped in, greeted by a short, stubby man who quickly tried to take him around the store and sell him something.
    • The cells also have rare short and stubby microvilli.
    • It clawed, pecked and fluttered its short, stubby wings as it thrashed about to get free.
    • His short stubby fingers clutched a brown clipboard as he waited for her reply.
    • I have fairly large hands, but with short stubby fingers just long enough to be able to use a semiauto of this size.
    Synonyms
    dumpy, stocky, chunky, chubby, thickset, sturdy, heavyset, squat, solid
    short, stumpy, dwarfish, diminutive, undersized
    Australian/New Zealand nuggety
    British informal fubsy
    technical mesomorphic, pyknic
    short, stumpy, small, little
    Scottish wee
nounPlural stubbies ˈstʌbi
Australian, NZ
  • 1informal A squat bottle of beer typically holding 375 cl.

    〈澳/新西兰,非正式〉(一般容量为375厘升的)矮胖型小瓶啤酒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although the sounds were soothing, I felt a bit crook having mixed too many stubbies with the spaghetti matriciana I had for tea.
    • They were out of stubbies, so I substituted with beer on tap.
    • Then a minute later someone told me that stubbies were only $2!
    • Sunday's lazy morning was given a go-by as the guests gathered, many of them caressing the beer stubbies.
    • But she's on her teaching round and wasn't drinking, and I could only drink two stubbies by myself without feeling like a drunken loser.
  • 2Stubbiestrademark A pair of men's brief shorts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They're not hard to spot; many of them dressed in stubbies and shearer's singlets, with long beards most bikies would envy.
    • When I came to Darwin, you had a slab over your shoulder, you wore black stubbies, thongs and blue t-shirt, or singlet.
    • As someone happiest in a pair of Stubbies from the local menswear store, we don't understand the fashion palaver.
    • He dresses badly - stubbies, thongs - has a beer gut, missing teeth, missing hair.
    • But we used to sit all day Saturday and Sundays - in our stubbies and singlets, would you believe.

Phrases

  • a stubby short of a sixpack

    • informal (of a person) stupid or slightly mad.

      he's a stubby short of a six pack but a real good bloke
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You'd have to be a stubby short of a six pack to miss the show this weekend!
      • I'm sure there are some that will think I'm a stubby short of a six pack by printing this, but I can't help what I believe.
      • He, of course, was his usual stubby short of a six-pack, only failing to let a try in through the referee's whistle.
      • I'll be the first to admit that there are few Aussies that are a stubby short of a six pack.
      • That Rooke woman's a stubby short of a six-pack.

Derivatives

  • stubbily

  • adverb
    • Might I suggest you shave the night before, nice and smooth for the ladies, stubbily for the morning/day ahead.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For those who want, you can take the insert which contains the stubbily and studly Kaji and put him on the front cover instead.
      • I think it made it even redder and much more noticeable and when the hair started to grow back it was stubbily and felt spiky.
  • stubbiness

  • noun
    • The impression of stubbiness will quickly morph into an appreciation for this solid-feeling notebook.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ella was used to Lena's stubbiness, the way she seemed to bump up unsuccessfully against adulthood.
      • Leg length is in proportion to the rest of the body, avoiding both stubbiness or legginess.
      • The long-shank variation offsets the more traditional stubbiness of most pot shapes.
      • Ward, flying by his side, looked like a graceful raven in the wind had it not been for the stubbiness of his wings.

Rhymes

chubby, clubby, cubby, grubby, hubby, nubby, scrubby, shrubby, tubby

Definition of stubby in US English:

stubby

adjectiveˈstəbēˈstəbi
  • Short and thick.

    又短又粗的

    Bloom pointed with a stubby finger

    布拉夫顿用又短又粗的手指头指点着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Let's face it, spaghetti toes with meatball endings are a little goofy looking to most of us, as are short, stubby piggies.
    • The MechDoc was a big, hulking machine with wheels and three short, stubby legs.
    • If only she had been born with normal feet instead of these short stubby things with odd toes.
    • Each beast had two short, stubby forelimbs and two powerful, three toed hind legs.
    • There were also two short, stubby antennae on the creatures' heads.
    • He scratched his light brown hair with his short stubby fingers; he has a problem with biting his nails.
    • Mr. Pool was a short, stubby man who was always dressed with style.
    • His short stubby fingers clutched a brown clipboard as he waited for her reply.
    • The cells also have rare short and stubby microvilli.
    • He stepped in, greeted by a short, stubby man who quickly tried to take him around the store and sell him something.
    • It clawed, pecked and fluttered its short, stubby wings as it thrashed about to get free.
    • There was Coach Murray, a short, stubby woman with a blonde pixie cut and a dimpled smile.
    • The stoutly man folded his thick stubby fingers over his round belly and nodded silently then replied.
    • She was very small, with short, stubby fingers and almost-chubby hands.
    • I have fairly large hands, but with short stubby fingers just long enough to be able to use a semiauto of this size.
    • I wanted more of that sensation, and made my demand known by punching at the air with clawless fists atop short, stubby arms.
    • Crested Auklets have short stubby bodies with relatively long slender wings.
    • Short, stubby fingers alone can't account for Galen's broaching the second knuckle.
    • They are fitted with two or three sets of small treble hooks and a short, stubby plastic lip.
    • There was a ton of brush and short stubby sticks in the remote area, but nothing larger.
    Synonyms
    dumpy, stocky, chunky, chubby, thickset, sturdy, heavyset, squat, solid
    short, stumpy, small, little
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