Used attributively or predicatively meaning ‘plump, squat’ or ‘unfledged (of a bird)’
Traduzioni
trapuPour une personne ou un animal court et assez corpulent. He was a squab little man with rosy cheeks.
C’était un petit homme trapu aux joues roses.
non volantSe dit d’un oiseau trop jeune pour voler. Definizioni
Short and fat; plump or squat in appearance. He was a squab little man with rosy cheeks.
(Of a bird) Unfledged; too young to fly. The squab chicks huddled together in the nest.
Archaic/rare: used to describe a flat, heavy or square impact (‘plump down’)
Traduzioni
The apple landed squab on the wet ground.
La pomme est tombée lourdement sur le sol mouillé.
Definizioni
With a heavy, plump fall or impact; squarely. The apple landed squab on the wet ground.