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burly

adjective
🔊/ˈbɜːli/
🔊/ˈbɜːrli/
(comparative burlier, superlative burliest)
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  1. (of a man or a man’s body男人或男人身体) big, strong and heavy高大强壮的；魁梧的 synonym brawny
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBurly is used with these nouns:
    • man
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘dignified, imposing’): probably from an unrecorded Old English word meaning ‘stately, fit for the bower’ (see bower, -ly).