pear-shaped

英 [ˈpeə ʃeɪpt]

美 [ˈper ʃeɪpt]

adj.  梨形的; 像梨一样的; (指人)罐子状的，腹大腰圆的

习惯用语

adj.

go pear-shaped
• 出毛病；出问题
  if things go pear-shaped , they go wrong

牛津词典

adj.

• 梨形的；像梨一样的
  shaped like a pear
• （指人）罐子状的，腹大腰圆的
  a pear-shaped person is wider around their waist and hips than around the top part of their body

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 梨形的
  Something that ispear-shapedhas a shape like a pear.
  1. ...her pear-shaped diamond earrings.
     她的梨形钻石耳环
• （尤指女子体形）梨形的（臀部比上半身宽大）
  If someone, especially a woman, ispear-shaped, they are wider around their hips than around the top half of their body.
• PHRASE 出毛病；出问题
  If a situationgoes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
  1. He feared his career had gone a bit pear-shaped.
     他害怕自己的事业已经出了点儿问题。

英英释义

adj

• (of sounds) full and rich
  1. orotund tones
  2. the rotund and reverberating phrase
  3. pear-shaped vowels
  Synonym:orotundrotundround
• having a round shape tapered at one end

双语例句

• The pear-shaped island consists mostly of flat-to-rolling coastal plains, with mountains rising only in the south central part of the island.
  这座梨形岛大多是平铺的海岸平原，而山地仅仅分布在岛上的南方中部。
• A pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin.
  一种木制的梨形陀螺，还带有一个金属中心钉。
• Pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed.
  梨形的热带水果，果皮绿色或浅黑色，果肉淡黄色，肉质丰富，独核，核大。
• The pipa is a sonorous, four-stringed, pear-shaped instrument held upright on the lap.
  琵琶是一种音色清亮的四弦乐器，其形如梨，演奏时被竖抱于膝上。
• The small pear-shaped trophozoites live in the duodenum and become infective cysts that are excreted.
  小的梨形滋养体在十二指肠内，变成有感染性的包囊后释放出来。
• Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries.
  美洲的一种直立的几乎无刺的山楂，其浆果呈梨形。
• She was of medium height but she had an oddly pear-shaped physique.
  她个子中等，但体形怪怪的像只梨。
• Tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp.
  有梨状果实的树，有厚厚的木本的外果皮。
• An instrument with a usually pear-shaped body and a fretted neck over which several pairs of strings are stretched.
  常是梨形琴身，在有格纹的琴颈上装有几组供挑拨的琴弦。
• Bessemer converter: a large pear-shaped container in which molten iron is converted to steel by the Bessemer process.
  贝塞麦转炉：一种大型、梨状的容器，在其中熔化的铁通过贝塞麦炼钢法制成钢。