Question

4. Mother was tall,fat,and middle-aged. The headmaster was an old woman,almost as plump as Mother,and much shorter.(   )

Answer 1

4. 肥胖的。在對(duì)Mother和headmaster的描述中，分別使用了三個(gè)形容詞，其中tall和shorter對(duì)應(yīng)，middle-aged和old對(duì)應(yīng)，那么fat應(yīng)該對(duì)應(yīng)plump,另外，由as— as句型也可知

plump和fat同義，意為"肥胖的"。