burly

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a. 结实的, 粗壮的, 率直的

发音

AU /ˈbɜːli/
UK /ˈbɜːli/
US /bɝli/
SCOT /bʌrle/
SCOT /bʌrlɪ/
NZ /bøːli/
/beːli/
/bɛːli/

词形变化

burlier 比较级 burliest 最高级 more burly 比较级 most burly 最高级

别名

bowerly

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Large, well-built, and muscular.

    魁伟

    He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.

  2. 2.

    Great, amazing, unbelievable.

    俚语

    That goal was burly.

    Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.

  3. 3.

    Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

    美国 俚语

    That wave was burly! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)

    This hike is going to be burly, but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach.

  4. 1.

    Full of burls or knots; knotty.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

strapping husky beefy buirdly

近义相关 1

robust

词源

From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *būrlīċ (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower + -ly; or from Old English *byrlīċ (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burlīh, purlīh (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”), English burgeon. However, Irish burla (“bundle, pack; burly person”) points to a different origin.

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