資料來源 : pyDict
嬌媚的;活潑的;豐滿的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See {Bow}
to bend, and {-some}.]
1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient;
tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to
his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair.
--Milton.
A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
-- {Bux"om*ly}, adv. -- {Bux"om*ness}, n.
資料來源 : WordNet®
buxom
adj 1: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing
curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";
"a curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: {bosomy},
{busty}, {curvaceous}, {curvy}, {full-bosomed}, {sonsie},
{sonsy}, {voluptuous}, {well-endowed}]
2: euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom
actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies";
"pleasingly plump" [syn: {chubby}, {embonpoint}, {plump},
{zaftig}, {zoftig}]