(especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic (尤指马)气急的,气短的;气喘的
(of a person) fat (人)肥胖的
派生 pursiness noun 语源
late Middle English: reduction of Anglo-Norman French porsif, alteration of Old French polsif, from polser 'breathe with difficulty', from Latin pulsare 'set in violent motion'