喜樂美語
  1. 1圓胖的（帶幽默、偏書面上的說法，不是醫護用語）。

    Rotund describes a person with a round, fat body. English speakers use it with a little smile — not as a doctor’s word, and not usually as a hard insult, more like a cartoon of someone round as a ball. You will meet it in stories and light description more than in everyday chat; a friend would more often say round or . Because it sounds Latin and a bit formal, it can feel teasing rather than blunt. It still talks about body shape, so use it with care about real people in front of you. The everyday cousin of the same old root is simply round.

組成Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus “round,” from Latin rota “wheel.” Doublet of round.

同家族的字

  • rounddoublet — the everyday English word from the same Latin root
  • rotatefrom Latin rota, a wheel
  • rotundaa round building, from the same Latin rotundus
  • rotunditythe noun: that round fatness

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

rotundadj/ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/

  • 1

    Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

    • He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.
    • Convex preferences may have indifference curves that exhibit “flat spots,” while strictly convex preferences have indifference curves that are strictly rotund.
  • 2

    Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.

  • 3

    Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。