a category to which people are assigned according to the extent to which their bodily physique conforms to a basic type (usually endomorphic, mesomorphic, or ectomorphic) 体型分类(常分为胖型体质,体育型体质,瘦型体质)
派生 somatotyping noun 语源
1940s: coined by W. H. Sheldon in Varieties of Human Physique