If you call someone big-boned, you are saying they are large because their frame is large — wide shoulders, thick wrists, a heavy build — not because they are simply carrying extra fat. Families often use it kindly: she is not fat; she is big-boned.

If you call someone big-boned如果你說某個人big-boned骨架大 you are saying they are large because their frame is large意思是他們體型大是因為骨架本身就大 wide shoulders, thick wrists, a heavy build寬肩膀、粗手腕、厚實的體格 not because they are simply carrying extra fat不是單純因為多長了脂肪 Families often use it kindly家人常常善意地這樣用 she is not fat; she is big-boned她不是胖，她是big-boned骨架大

That is the tidy story. Though actually, people also use it as a soft, polite, or even joking way to avoid the word fat, and listeners often hear that second meaning.

That is the tidy story這是比較好聽的說法 Though actually不過其實 people also use it as a soft, polite, or even joking way人們也會用它當作一種委婉、客氣、甚至帶點玩笑的方式 to avoid the word fat來避開fat胖這個字 and listeners often hear that second meaning聽的人常常也聽得出那第二層意思

So it can be sincere — some people really do have a larger skeleton — or it can be a gentle cover. It is informal, and it is about bodies, so it can sting if you use it about someone who did not ask.

So it can be sincere所以它可以是真心的 some people really do have a larger skeleton有些人確實骨架比較大 or it can be a gentle cover也可以只是溫和的掩飾 It is informal這是個非正式的字 and it is about bodies而且是在講身體 so it can sting所以可能會刺傷對方 if you use it about someone who did not ask如果你拿來說一個沒有要求你評論的人