stumpy — 英語辞典

形容詞

1. Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.

   例文

   その他の例文 (1)

   “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”

2. Full of stumps.

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   a stumpy forest

名詞

1. An amputee who has lost a leg.

   用法

   • 可算
   • 俗語
   • 不可算

   同義語

   limby

   例文

   その他の例文 (1)

   Many of the cricketers were amputees, yet they were not without resources. The "wingies" did the running for the "stumpies," and the "stumpies" did the batting for the "wingies."

2. Money.

   用法

   • 廃語
   • 俗語
   • 不可算

   例文

   Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.

形容詞

1. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

   同義語

   chunkydumpylow-setsquatsquatty

   例文

   some people seem born to be square and chunky

   a dumpy little dumpling of a woman

   その他の例文 (4)

   dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears

   a little church with a squat tower

   a squatty red smokestack

   a stumpy ungainly figure