portly
adjective /ˈpɔːtli/
/ˈpɔːrtli/
[usually before noun]- (especially of an older man
) rather fat尤指年长男子 synonym stout发福的;发胖的 - The waiter was a portly middle-aged man.
服务员是一个肥胖的中年人。
Collocations DictionaryPortly is used with these nouns:- man
词源late 15th cent.: from port in the sense ‘bearing’ + -ly. - The waiter was a portly middle-aged man.