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tub·by /ˈtʌbi/ adjective informal FATshort and slightly fat, with a round stomach 矮胖的，大腹便便的 SYN plump a tubby little man 矮矮胖胖的男人Examples from the Corpustubby• He had won three world titles by the time he faced a tubby, bespectacled Ulsterman in the 1985 final.• Oscar reminded Horowitz of the Michelin tyre man - short and tubby, his belly bulging behind his belt, round-headed.• The banker was a tubby, jolly-looking man.• He was a small, tubby man wearing a bulky suit with a belted jacket.• He's getting a bit tubby -- too much of his wife's cooking I expect.Origin tubby (1800-1900) tubtub·by adjectiveChineseSyllable round a and short slightly fat, with stomach Corpus |