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单词 browsy
释义 browsy, a.|ˈbraʊzɪ|
Also brousy.
[f. browse v. + -y1.]
1. Of vegetation: scanty; twiggy. Obs.
1738W. Ellis Timber-tree i. 6 The knotty, mossy Bodies and brousy Heads of Oaks, Ashes, and Beeches.Ibid. 42 These [beech sets] being of the Tree Kind..will get a brousy, bushy Head, like the shrubby Sort.
2. Characterized by or suitable for browsing or casual reading.
1910A. Bennett Jrnl. 20 Oct. (1932) I. 388 Miscellaneous browsy reading in the evening.1966Guardian 6 May 9/3 A very quiet, wise, browsy sort of book about country life.
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