English Dictionary

well-covered

形容詞

イギリス英語 婉語 人物

Amply equipped or provisioned, especially with respect to a place where food is served. / (chiefly Britain, of a person, euphemistic) Fat, corpulent, full-figured.

日本語の意味

十分に設備・補給された、十分に備えられた（特に食事が提供される場所で用いられる） / ふくよか、丸々した、体格が豊かな（主に英国で使われる婉曲表現）

The roadside inn's breakfast table was well-covered, with homemade jams, fresh bread, and hearty porridge laid out for guests.

道沿いの宿の朝食テーブルは食べ物が十分に揃っており、自家製ジャムや焼きたてのパン、滋味深いお粥が客のために並べられていました。

意味（1）

Amply equipped or provisioned, especially with respect to a place where food is served.

He kept shaking Mr Gibson's hand all the time till he had placed him, nothing loth, at the well-covered dining-table.

意味（2）

(chiefly Britain, of a person, euphemistic) Fat, corpulent, full-figured.

That simple dancing of well-covered matrons, laying aside for an hour the cares of house and dairy, remembering but not affecting youth, not jealous but proud of the young maidens by their side […] it would be a pleasant variety to see all that sometimes.

more well-covered （ comparative ）

most well-covered （ superlative ）