husky

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
• Syn:
Eskimo dog
• Hypernyms:
working dog

II - adjective

1. muscular and heavily built (Freq. 3)
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- 'buirdly' is a Scottish term
• Syn:
beefy, burly, strapping, buirdly
• Similar to:
robust
• Derivationally related forms:
huskiness
• Regions:
Scotland
2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion (Freq. 1)
- gruff voices
- the dog's gruff barking
- hoarse cries
- "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
• Syn:
gruff, hoarse
• Similar to:
cacophonous, cacophonic
• Derivationally related forms:
huskiness, hoarseness (for: hoarse), gruffness (for: gruff)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gruff, hoarse, beefy, burly, strapping, buirdly, Eskimo dog