rotund
rotund 英 [rə(ʊ)'tʌnd] 美 [ro'tʌnd]
adj. 洪亮的；圆胖的
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- adj. 洪亮的；圆胖的
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1. Behind the city swept the rotund upland of St Catherine's Hill; further off, landscape beyond landscape, till the horizon was lost in the radiance of the sun hanging above it.
在城市的后面，是圣凯瑟琳山的圆形高地；再往远处，便是越来越远的景物，一直延伸到地平线在天上太阳的照耀下消失的地方。
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2. After 16 weeks of eating as much as they wanted and lolling around in their cages, all were rotund.
在16周的时间里，不限制其饮食，不参与任何活动，懒洋洋地养在笼子里，个个腰肥体圆。
- rotund (adj.) 1705, from Latin rotundus "rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary). Earlier was rotound (1610s); rotounde (early 15c.). Meaning "full-toned style of oratory" (1830) is after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics."
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