Word · Frequency #23090
dumpy
像垃圾堆的；垃圾场似的
resembling a garbage dump
此义按英文释义，指“像垃圾堆的”，与常见义“矮胖的”不同。
- 1.
Short and thick; stout or stocky.
矮胖的；粗壮的。
- 2.
Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
与垃圾堆有关的；垃圾似的。
- 3.
resembling a garbage dump
像垃圾堆的
- 4.
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
矮而粗壮的
- 5.
short and plump
矮胖的
矮胖的；粗壮的。；与垃圾堆有关的；垃圾似的。；像垃圾堆的；矮而粗壮的；矮胖的
In use
The dumpy little teapot sits on the kitchen shelf.
This brown bottle is dumpier than the green one, so it is easier to hold.
Among the litter of puppies, the dumpiest one had the loudest bark.
a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
be dumpy
dumpy 作表语，描述主语的外形。
He is a little dumpy.
他有点矮胖。
a dumpy little + noun
dumpy 作定语，与 little 连用突出矮胖。
A dumpy little man sat by the window.
一个矮胖的小个子男人坐在窗边。
get + comparative adjective
Connections
Collocations
- dumpy little man
- 矮胖的小个子男人
- A dumpy little man waved at us from across the street.一个矮胖的小个子男人在街对面朝我们挥手。
- dumpy figure
- 矮胖的身材
- She had a dumpy figure and short legs.她身材矮胖，腿短。
- dumpy apartment
- 脏乱破旧的公寓
- He lived in a dumpy apartment near the station.他住在车站附近一间脏乱破旧的公寓里。
- dumpy town
- 破败肮脏的小镇
- The movie is set in a dumpy town in the Midwest.这部电影以中西部一个破败肮脏的小镇为背景。
Synonyms
- squat
- 矮胖的；低矮敦实的 · squat 可用于人或低矮物体，强调矮而宽；dumpy 多指人，略带贬义。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：dumpy 听起来像 dump（垃圾堆）+ y，矮胖的人就像一坨低矮粗短的土堆/垃圾堆。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、外貌描写、非正式文章 dumpy 作“矮胖的”讲时，通常用于非正式口语，多形容人或动物身材矮胖敦实，语气略带随意或轻微贬义；正式写作中相对少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Bumpy, grumpy, jumpy, lumpy, stumpy, and clumpy all rhyme with dumpy: each has stressed /ʌ/ followed by /mpi/. Beware the lookalike empty /ˈɛmpti/, which ends in /ti/, not /pi/.
Learn the forms together
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