podginess
noun[ U ]
UKuk /ˈpɒdʒ.i.nəs/ us /ˈpɑː.dʒi.nəs/(also mainly USpudginess)
the quality of being slightly fat: 微胖;丰满
His hands have lost their baby podginess.他的双手已不再有婴儿般的丰满感。
Even when he was young he was inclined to podginess.他即使在年轻的时候也有微胖的倾向。
See
podgy
Dawn thinks that her daughter is genetically doomed to health-threatening podginess.
The football player had to field accusations of podginess.
He carries a hint of podginess beneath his billowing shirt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: fat or well-built
baby fat
blob
blubber
blubbery
bulky
chubbiness
chubster
curvy
dumpy
fatness
full-figured
heavyset
obesity
over-fat
overweight
paunchiness
plump
pudgy
rotund
stout
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