• adj. 結實的；矮胖的；勇敢的；激烈的
• n. 矮胖子；烈性啤酒
• n. (Stout)人名；(英)斯托特

來自古法語 estout,勇敢的，狂暴的，驕傲的，來自 Proto-Germanic*stultaz,雄壯的，莊嚴的， 沉穩的，來自 PIE*stel,放置，站立，詞源同 stall,still.字母 l 軟化為 u.詞義貶義化為粗壯的， 肥壯的。

stout

stout: [14] Stout originally meant ‘proud, brave’. It came via Anglo-Norman stout from a prehistoric West Germanic *stult- (source also of German stolz ‘proud’), which may have been related to the ancestor of English stilt. The notion of ‘braveness’ led on to that of ‘physical strength’ and ‘powerful physique’, but the word did not go downhill to ‘fat’ until the end of the 18th century. The application to a sort of strong beer dates from the 17th century.
=> stilt

stout (adj.)

c. 1300, "proud, valiant, strong," from Old French estout "brave, fierce, proud," earlier estolt "strong," from a Germanic source from West Germanic *stult- "proud, stately, strutting" (cognates: Middle Low German stolt "stately, proud," German stolz "proud, haughty, arrogant, stately"), from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from late 14c., but has been displaced by the (often euphemistic) meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large, bulky in figure," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in figurative phrase stout-hearted (1550s). Related: Stoutly; stoutness.

stout (n.)

1670s, "strong beer or ale," from stout (adj.). Later especially, and now usually, "porter of extra strength" (by 1762).

1. He was a tall, stout man with gray hair.

他是個又高又胖、頭發灰白的男子。

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2. The invasion was held up by unexpectedly stout resistance.

入侵行動因遭遇到了出乎意料的頑強抵抗而受阻。

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3. Jacobs was a stout, florid man.

雅各布斯身材結實，臉色紅潤。

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4. I hope you've both got stout shoes.

我希望你們倆都有結實的鞋子。

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5. a stout pair of shoes

一雙厚實耐穿的鞋

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