strong、stout、sturdy、robust都是表示人身體“健壯”、“強壯”的形容詞。
普通用詞，形容人體格健壯。
1)He is very old, yet he is quite strong.
他雖然年紀很大了, 但身體還很健壯。
2)We need a couple of strong men to move the big stone off the highway.
我們需要幾個強壯的男子來把那塊大石頭搬離公路。
3)He trusted to his strong constitution of recovery.
他相信自己有強壯的體格能去勝疾病恢復健康。
指身體“結實”、“魁梧”、“粗壯”。
1)She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties.
她是個 60 歲出頭、身材矮小結實的女人。
2)The two sturdy guards had stooped to take him by the arms.
那兩個粗壯的警衛俯身抓住他的胳膊才制服他。
3)The sturdy young man removed the rock without effort.
那個壯實的小夥子沒費多大勁便把石塊搬開了。
4)His son has grown up into a sturdy hardworking young man.
他的兒子已成長爲一個健壯勤勞的小夥子。
指膀粗腰圓，顯得結實，有時可指身體笨重，肥胖。
1)Mr. Pickwick is a stout, good - natured , cheerful, very simple - hearted old
gentleman.
匹克威克先生是位又矮又胖、和藹樂觀、心地純潔的老紳士。
2)I never expected he should have a stout makeup.
我真沒想到,他竟然有這麼強壯的體格.
3)He is a man of stout figure but is very fastidious about his clothing.
他是一個身材短粗的男人,但是穿着卻非常講究.
4)The girls fled laughing , with the black - clad, stout matrons scolding them
on.
姑娘們一邊逃跑，一邊哈哈大笑，那兩個黑胖女人跟在後面罵個不停。
5)We can tell from their stout body and strong limbs that pandas have enormous
physical strength.
從肥壯身體和粗壯的四肢，我們可以看出熊貓有很大的力氣。
指肌肉發達、健壯結實、聲音洪亮、耐久力強，除表示健壯外，還常用於強調健康、富於活力。
1)To be an astronaut, you must be in robust health.
要成爲一名宇航員，你必須擁有一副強壯的身體。
2)He is pretty advanced in age, but still healthy and robust.
他年紀相當大了, 但依然身體健康，精力充沛。
3)This boy is robust and works very hard.
這小子長得很圓實,幹起活來也很賣力.
4)His legs were very robust, but shorter than legs of good proportions should
have been.
他的兩腿很結實, 只是和一般人長短相稱的腿比較起來要短些。
5)I think a robust man like him will win the kickboxing match.
我覺得像他那麼強壯的人會贏得這場跆拳道比賽的。
