be corpulent
The man is corpulent.
这个男人很肥胖。
肥胖的；臃肿的
身体庞大的；肥胖的；超重的。；肥大的；肥胖的；[医] 肥胖的
身体庞大的；肥胖的；超重的。
Large in body; fat; overweight.
The corpulent man had to buy two seats on the airplane.
那个肥胖的男人不得不在飞机上买两个座位。
用法提示：形容词，描述极度肥胖的人。
The museum displayed a statue of a corpulent goddess from an ancient fertility cult.
博物馆展示了一尊来自古代生育崇拜的肥胖女神雕像。
用法提示：形容词，修饰雕像，表示肥胖的。
His corpulent appearance was due to a medical condition, not overeating.
他肥胖的外表是由于疾病而非暴饮暴食。
用法提示：形容词，描述外表肥胖。
The man is corpulent.
这个男人很肥胖。
A corpulent gentleman entered the room.
一位肥胖的绅士走进了房间。
He grew corpulent after years of inactivity.
多年不活动后，他变得肥胖了。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a corpulent.
正确表达He is corpulent.
Corpulent 是形容词，不能直接用作名词。应去掉冠词'a'，直接作表语。
grammar · medium
易错句子He works for a corpulent law firm.
正确表达He works for a corporate law firm.
'Corpulent'意为'肥胖的'，而此处上下文需要'corporate'（公司的）。误用了形近词。
corpulent为正式/文学用语，obese为医学术语。
corpulent带贬义，plump带褒义。
corpulent形容成年人显胖，chubby常形容儿童可爱。
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