英和和英

形容詞

apple-shaped (comparative more apple-shaped, superlative most apple-shaped)

1. Having the shape of an apple, or in cross section, like the cross section of an apple, or somewhat suggestive of it; especially with regard to top-heavy apple varieties rather than thoroughly round ones.

   Coordinate terms: pear-shaped, egg-shaped, ball-shaped, ball-like

   1. Having android fat distribution, not gynoid fat distribution.

      Synonym: android

      Coordinate terms: gynoid, pear-shaped

      pear-shaped obesity versus apple-shaped obesity

      • 2015 November 9, Melissa Healy, “Pear-shaped vs. apple trumps body mass index as a measure of risk”, in Los Angeles Times‎, archived from the original on 11 November 2015:

        Even at BMIs above 30, where obesity begins, men and women whose waist-to-hip ratio identified them as more pear-shaped were less likely to die -- of any cause and of cardiovascular causes -- than those with similar BMIs who were apple-shaped.