2012年4月1日 星期日

2012_04_01 Pyknic a./n. 身體結構 Having a rounded build


Word of the Day for Sunday, April  1, 2012
pyknic \PIK-nik\, adjective:
1. Having a rounded build or body structure.
noun:
1. A person of the pyknic type.
I can tell what your feelings are; I'm sensitive, doctor, even if I'm the pyknic bodytype.
 -- Philip K. Dick, Now Wait for Next Year
Another short elf with the same pyknic physique wearing a scotch plaid suit and a green feather in his hat.
 -- R. W. Alexander, Spark of Life
He was very pyknic-looking: neckless and bull-bodied, he showed in eyes and mouth a more dangerous volatility than his mate.
 -- Anthony Burgess, Honey for the Bears
Pyknic entered the English language in the 1920s. It came from the Greek word pykn meaning "thick."

1。一個圓形生成或身體結構

名詞:
1。一個pyknic類型

我可以告訴你的感受什麼我很敏感,醫生即使pyknic bodytype
- 菲利普·迪克現在等待明年

另一個具有相同pyknic體質身穿蘇格蘭格子西裝綠色羽毛他的帽子的小精靈
- R·亞歷山大,生命火花

非常前瞻性pyknicneckless牛市健全,他發現眼睛和嘴巴他的隊友危險波動
- 伯吉斯蜂蜜

pyknic20世紀20年代進入英語來自希臘字意思pykn“厚”。

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