Used to describe a person, usually a young man, who is tall, big, strong-looking and healthy. It is a warm, approving word — it paints a picture of someone with broad shoulders who looks like they could carry heavy things all day.

Used to describe a person, usually a young man用來形容一個人，通常是年輕男子, who is tall, big, strong-looking and healthy高大、體格壯碩、看起來很健康。It是 a warm, approving word一個帶著讚賞、溫暖語氣的詞 — it它 paints a picture of someone with broad shoulders描繪出一個肩膀寬闊的人 who looks like they could carry heavy things all day看起來一整天搬重物都沒問題。

It is almost always used right before the noun (a strapping young man, a strapping lad, a strapping six-footer), and it is very often paired with the word young. You will notice it sounds a little old-fashioned or storybook; grandparents and novels use it more than teenagers do.

It它 is almost always used right before the noun幾乎都是直接放在名詞前面用 (a strapping young man健壯的年輕人, a strapping lad健壯的小伙子, a strapping six-footer一個六呎高的壯漢), and而且 it is very often paired with the word young很常跟young（年輕）這個字搭配。You你 will notice it sounds a little old-fashioned or storybook會注意到它聽起來有點老派、有點像故事書裡的用語; grandparents and novels祖父母輩和小說 use it more than teenagers do用得比青少年多。

It is used for women too, but much less often. It describes how someone looks, not how they behave — a strapping young man could still be shy and gentle.

It它 is used for women too女性也可以用, but但 much less often少很多。It它 describes how someone looks形容的是外表, not而不是 how they behave行為 — a strapping young man could still be shy and gentle一個strapping的年輕男子也可能個性害羞又溫柔。

Careful: strapping is also just the -ing form of the verb strap ("He was strapping his bag to the bike"), and it can be a noun meaning strong bands of material used to hold something. Those are different uses of the same spelling.

Careful要小心: strapping is also just the -ing form of the verb strap strapping也可能只是動詞strap（綁）的-ing形式 ("He was strapping his bag to the bike"「He was strapping his bag to the bike他正把包包綁在腳踏車上」), and也 it can be a noun meaning strong bands of material used to hold something可以當名詞，指用來固定東西的堅固帶狀材料。Those這些 are different uses of the same spelling是同一個拼法的不同用法。