stumpy — 영어 사전

형용사

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

   예문

   더 많은 예문 (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.

   예문

   a stumpy forest

명사

1. An amputee who has lost a leg.

   용법

   • 가산
   • 속어
   • 불가산

   동의어

   limby

   예문

   더 많은 예문 (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.

   용법

   • 사어
   • 속어
   • 불가산

   예문

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

형용사

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

   동의어

   chunkydumpylow-setsquatsquatty

   예문

   some people seem born to be square and chunky

   a dumpy little dumpling of a woman

   더 많은 예문 (4)

   dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears

   a little church with a squat tower

   a squatty red smokestack

   a stumpy ungainly figure