roly-poly的词源

英文词源

roly-poly (adj.)

"short and stout," 1820, probably a varied reduplication of roll (v.). As a noun, it was used as the name of various ball games from 1713, and it was used as early as 1610s in the sense of "rascal." As an appellation of a short, stout person, from 1836.

中文词源

roly-poly：矮胖的

来自 roly 的同韵构词，由 roll 杜撰出来的形容词。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：roly-poly 词源，roly-poly 含义。