People who drink diet soft drinks don't lose weight. They gain weight, a new study finds. 2. super size person 超大之人,例如:
No more hamburgers, I don't want to be a super size person. 3. heavyset 身子重的,体格粗壮、敦实的,例如:He was tall and heavyset. 4. nutritionally endowed 营养丰富的,例如:
Though garlic is a nutritionally endowed food, it is only consumed in small amounts. 5. gravitationally challenged 受地球引力挑战的(增加的体重确实在挑战地球引力),例如:
That girl is gravitationally challenged. 6. well-built 体格健美的,体型匀称的,例如:
That girl is well-built. 7. stout 结实的,壮实的,例如:
She is getting too stout for her dresses. 8. big-boned 骨架大的,例如:
I'm not fat, just big-boned. 9. overweight 超重的,例如:
Overweight in a child should not be neglected. 10. chubby 胖呼呼的(多指小孩和女子),例如:
The baby has a chubby face. 11. buxom 形象健康丰满的,健美的,例如:
A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness. 同样,"瘦"不能说"skinny",这可是"皮包骨"的意思(时尚界的许多模特正在朝这个方向发展),要形容一个人苗条应该用 "slender","slim",或"delicate"。"减肥"则可以说"lose pounds"或"lose weight"。 总之,"胖"和"瘦"是英美人敏感的话题,"fat "和"skinny"的使用要十分小心,注意回避。但是有一个例外就是" phat "(妙,好,酷),是"fat "的异体词,在口语中常常用于赞美美妙的东西,相当于"cool "。例如"The car is really a phat. "