burly: [13] Burly has come down in the world over the centuries. Originally it meant ‘excellent, noble, stately’, and it appears to come from an unrecorded Old English adjective *būrlic, literally ‘bowerly’ – that is, ‘fit to frequent a lady’s apartment’. Gradually, connotations of ‘stoutness’ and ‘sturdiness’ began to take over, and by the 15th century the modern ‘heavily built’ had become well established. => boor, booth, bower
burly (adj.)
c. 1300, perhaps from Old English burlic "noble, stately," literally "bowerly," fit to frequent a lady's apartment (see bower). Sense descended through "stout," and "sturdy" by 15c. to "heavily built." Another theory connects the Old English word to Old High German burlih "lofty, exalted," related to burjan "to raise, lift."
双语例句
1. Three burly toughs elbowed their way to the front.
三个膀粗腰圆的恶汉挤到了前面。
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2. The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted.
五大三粗的恶汉趾高气扬地走过来，居高临下地对我咆哮着。
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3. No one expects him to get involved in the hurly-burly of campaigning.
谁也没有料到他会加入到乱哄哄的竞选活动。
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4. He was a big, burly man.
他高大魁梧。
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5. He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.