scraggy

英 ['skrægɪ] 美 ['skrægi]
  • adj. 瘦弱的;凸凹不平的;皮包骨的

中文词源


scraggy 骨瘦如柴的

scrag,皮包骨,-y,形容词后缀。

英文词源


scraggy (adj.)
early 13c., "rough, jagged" (figurative); 1570s, of landscape, "rough, rugged, stumpy;" 1610s, of persons, "gaunt and wasted, lean, thin, bony;" see scrag + -y (2), and compare scroggy, scraggly. In Scottish, scranky. Related: Scragginess.

双语例句


1. women with scraggy necks
脖子干瘦的女人

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2. Most pathetic were their hairless neck, so long and clumsy , caning out like scraggy, disconcerted dragons.
顶可怜的是那长而无毛的脖子, 那么长,那么秃, 弯弯的,愚笨的,伸出老远, 像条失意的瘦龙.

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