squab
noun · verb · adjective · adverbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird.
- 2.
(uncountable)The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.
- 3.
(countable)A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
a. 1744, Alexander Pope (imitating Earl of Dorset), Artemisia, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, page 86, On her large ſquab you find her ſpread, / Like a fat corpſe upon a bed, / That lies and ſtinks in ſtate.
- 4.
(countable)A person of a short, fat figure.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete)To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
- 2.
(transitive)To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
- 3.
(transitive)To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
- 2.
Unfledged; unfeathered.
- 3.
Clumsy.
- 4.
Curt; abrupt.
- 5.
Shy; coy.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable, slang)With a heavy fall; plump.
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Nguồn gốc từ
. Possibly related to dialectal sv skvabb. 17th century.