roly-poly

英 ['rəuli'pəuli]美

n. 卷布丁；矮胖的人

adj. 矮胖的

中文词源

roly-poly 矮胖的

来自 roly 的同韵构词，由 roll 杜撰出来的形容词。

英文词源

roly-poly (adj.)

"short and stout," 1820, probably a varied reduplication of roll (v.). As a noun, it was used as the name of various ball games from 1713, and it was used as early as 1610s in the sense of "rascal." As an appellation of a short, stout person, from 1836.

双语例句

1. A roly tumbler or wobbly man is a toy that rights itself when pushed over.

不倒翁,就是每次被压倒都会自己站起来的玩具.

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