buxom: [12] Originally, buxom meant ‘obedient’. It goes back to an unrecorded *būhsum, which meant literally ‘capable of being bent’, and was formed from the verb būgan ‘bend’, from which modern English gets bow. The sequence by which the word’s present-day sense developed seems to have been ‘compliant, obliging’, ‘lively, jolly’, ‘healthily plump and vigorous’, and finally (of a woman) ‘large-breasted’. => bow
buxom (adj.)
late 12c., buhsum "humble, obedient," from Proto-Germanic *buh- stem of Old English bugen "to bow" (see bow (v.)) + -som, for a total meaning "capable of being bent." Meaning progressed from "compliant, obliging," through "lively, jolly," "healthily plump, vigorous," to (in women, and perhaps influenced by lusty) "plump, comely" (1580s). In Johnson [1755] the primary meaning still is "obedient, obsequious."
Used often of breasts, and by 1950s it had begun to be used more narrowly for "bosomy" and could be paired with slim (adj.). Dutch buigzaam, German biegsam "flexible, pliable" hew closer to the original sense of the English cognate.
buxom 英文释义
1. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;
"Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"
"a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
2. euphemisms for slightly fat;
"a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton
"chubby babies"
"pleasingly plump"
buxom 双语例句
1. Melissa was a tall, buxom blonde.
梅利莎是个丰满的高个子金发美女。
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2. Jane is a buxom blond.
简是一个性感的金发女郎.
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3. A buxom widow must be either married , buried or shut up in a convent.
寡妇门前是非多.
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4. He still pictured her as buxom, high - colored, lively and a little blowsy.
他心中仍旧认为她身材丰满 、 面色红润 、 生气勃勃、还有点邋遢.
来自辞典例句
5. Miss Sophy was a fresh, good - humoured , buxom girl of twenty.
莎菲亚小姐年方二十岁,是一个鲜妍 、 和善 、 活泼的姑娘.
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buxom 实用场景例句
Melissa was a tall, buxom blonde.
梅利莎是个丰满的高个子金发美女。
柯林斯例句
A buxom widow must be either married , buried or shut up in a convent.
寡妇门前是非多.
《简明英汉词典》
He still pictured her as buxom, high - colored, lively and a little blowsy.
他心中仍旧认为她身材丰满 、 面色红润 、 生气勃勃、还有点邋遢.
辞典例句
The lady on the right is a buxom.
右边的那位女士长得略微丰满标致一些.
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The Spaniard a buxom widow must be either married, buried, or shut up in a convent.
按西班牙人的主张,丰乳肥臀的寡妇应该使之再婚, 或予以埋葬, 不然就关进女修道院里去.
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'she was aa bitch, " William said.'she was rather buxom. I would call her zaftig. "
“ 他时母狗中少数的极品. ” 威廉说. “ 他相当丰满,我喜欢叫他丰满而性感的女性. ”
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The spaniard a buxom widow must is either marry, bur, or shut up in a convent.
按西班牙人的主张,丰乳肥臀的寡妇应该使之再婚, 或予埋葬, 不然就关进女修道院里去.
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Some are like buxom lassies and others are like slender, poetic, quiet ladies.
