在英語中，關(guān)于“胖”，我們首先想到的就是fat。但fat在英語中是個(gè)強(qiáng)烈的貶義詞，所以在西方如果說某人fat，不僅是對(duì)別人的傷害與歧視，也是自身粗魯無教養(yǎng)的表現(xiàn)。
那么英語中如何恰當(dāng)而又有禮貌地表達(dá) “胖”呢?下面是一些常見的委婉表達(dá)法。
1. gain weight: 增加體重。例如：
People who drink diet soft drinks don’t lose weight. They gain weight, a new study finds.
2. super size person: 超大之人。例如：
No more hamburgers, I don’t want to be a super size person.
3. heavyset: 體格魁偉的。例如：
He was tall and heavyset.
4. nutritionally endowed: 營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富的。例如：
Though garlic is a nutritionally endowed food, it is only consumed in small amounts.
5. gravitationally challenged: 受地球引力挑戰(zhàn)的。例如：
That girl is gravitationally challenged.
6. well-built: 體格健美的，體型勻稱的。例如：
That girl is well-built.
7. stout 結(jié)實(shí)的，壯實(shí)的。例如：
She is getting too stout for her dresses.
8. big-boned: 骨骼粗大的。例如：
I’m not fat, just big-boned.
9. overweight: 超重的。例如：
Overweight in a child should not be neglected.
10. chubby: 胖乎乎的(多指小孩和女子)。 例如：
The baby has a chubby face.
11. buxom: 體態(tài)豐滿的。例如：
A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has come to worship thinness.
同樣,“瘦”不能說skinny，它是“皮包骨”的意思。要形容一個(gè)人苗條應(yīng)該用slender,slim，或delicate?！皽p肥”則可以說lose pounds或lose weight。
總之,“胖”和“瘦”是英美人敏感的話題, fat和skinny的使用要十分小心，注意回避。但是有一個(gè)例外就是phat(妙，好，酷)，是fat 的異體詞，在口語中常常用于贊美美妙的東西,相當(dāng)于cool。例如：
The car is really a phat.
那么英語中如何恰當(dāng)而又有禮貌地表達(dá) “胖”呢?下面是一些常見的委婉表達(dá)法。
1. gain weight: 增加體重。例如：
People who drink diet soft drinks don’t lose weight. They gain weight, a new study finds.
2. super size person: 超大之人。例如：
No more hamburgers, I don’t want to be a super size person.
3. heavyset: 體格魁偉的。例如：
He was tall and heavyset.
4. nutritionally endowed: 營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富的。例如：
Though garlic is a nutritionally endowed food, it is only consumed in small amounts.
5. gravitationally challenged: 受地球引力挑戰(zhàn)的。例如：
That girl is gravitationally challenged.
6. well-built: 體格健美的，體型勻稱的。例如：
That girl is well-built.
7. stout 結(jié)實(shí)的，壯實(shí)的。例如：
She is getting too stout for her dresses.
8. big-boned: 骨骼粗大的。例如：
I’m not fat, just big-boned.
9. overweight: 超重的。例如：
Overweight in a child should not be neglected.
10. chubby: 胖乎乎的(多指小孩和女子)。 例如：
The baby has a chubby face.
11. buxom: 體態(tài)豐滿的。例如：
A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has come to worship thinness.
同樣,“瘦”不能說skinny，它是“皮包骨”的意思。要形容一個(gè)人苗條應(yīng)該用slender,slim，或delicate?！皽p肥”則可以說lose pounds或lose weight。
總之,“胖”和“瘦”是英美人敏感的話題, fat和skinny的使用要十分小心，注意回避。但是有一個(gè)例外就是phat(妙，好，酷)，是fat 的異體詞，在口語中常常用于贊美美妙的東西,相當(dāng)于cool。例如：
The car is really a phat.