The short, thick man was affectionately called 'Stubbs' by his friends.

### 解释 Stubbs 是名词，来自 stub（树桩、残端）加上表示昵称的后缀 -bs。stub 指"短而粗的物体残余部分"，这里用作昵称，形象地描述人物矮胖敦实的外形特征。