Name: 用英語描述人的外貌--視覺詞彙課程 (Describing People's Appearance in English - Visual Vocabulary Lesson)
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'Well-built' means big, but big because of muscle, not fat.

You can say 'He's very muscular' or 'He's very muscly'.

There are other ways to say the same thing; for example, 'He looks strong.'

'She's in good shape' has the same meaning as 'She's fit.'

'Fit' describes someone who exercises regularly and is very strong.

Conversationally, in British English, 'fit' means 'attractive'.

The word 'physique' means the shape and condition of your body.

'Physique' is most often used with positive adjectives to describe someone who is strong,

For example, the collocations 'muscular physique' and 'strong physique' are

'Slim' is similar; it means 'thin and attractive'.

If you say that someone is skinny, it means you think they should eat more.

Your 'build' is the shape of your body: whether you're broad or thin, whether you're

You can use many different adjectives with 'build'.

Common ones are 'medium build', 'slim build', 'proportionate build' and 'stocky

'Stocky' means big or wide, usually with muscle rather than fat.

'Overweight' is a more indirect word than 'fat', although neither is polite if you

You might use it to describe someone who has a lot of extra weight on their stomach.

You could also say 'He has a big belly', which has the same meaning.

He has chiselled features, with high cheekbones.

He has very well-defined facial features.

It's a tool which is used to carve stone, for example to make a sculpture or statue.

'Chiselled features' means that someone's facial features are very attractive and clearly-defined,

'Well-defined' is similar, but can be used for men or women.

If your facial features are well-defined, then your cheekbones, jaw, chin and so on

This has a positive meaning, although it doesn't necessarily mean 'attractive'.

As you get older, you'll get lines or wrinkles in your face.

Crow's feet are the patterns of wrinkles you get in the corner of your eyes.

Wrinkles can be 'faint' – light and difficult to see – or 'deep'.

'Dimples' here means small holes in your cheeks which appear when you smile.

Although it's not common, you can use the word 'dimple' to refer to similar holes

For example, some people have a dimple on their chin.

Freckles are common among people with very light skin.

Going out into the sun can make your skin more freckled.

She has a round face, with a high forehead.

You can use many adjectives to describe the shape of someone's face, such as: round,

If someone is overweight, they might have a double chin.

'Goatee' is a common word; it's a beard which covers your chin and upper lip only.

You can also have a full beard, which covers your whole face and neck.

There are many words for different styles of beard, but most of them are not commonly

If you say 'he's going grey', 'going' means 'becoming'.

You can use 'go' in this way for changes in someone's hair; for example 'go grey'

You can also use it if someone's face changes colour.

For example 'She went bright red' or 'He went pale when he heard the news'.

She has thick shoulder-length curly hair.

For length, you can say hair is long, short, medium length, or shoulder length.

For very long hair, you might say something like 'Her hair reached down to her waist'.

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用英語描述人的外貌--視覺詞彙課程 (Describing People's Appearance in English - Visual Vocabulary Lesson)

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