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embonpoint的意思

embonpoint

基本解释

n. 肥胖;壮硕;丰满的体态

英文词源

embonpoint (n.)
"plumpness," 1751, from French embonpoint "fullness, plumpness" (16c.), from Old French phrase en bon point, literally "in good condition." Often a euphemism for "fatness." Middle English had the phrase in translation as in good point "in good condition, healthy, fortunate" (late 14c.).