| 释义 |
scraggly, a. Chiefly U.S.|ˈskræglɪ|
[Formed as prec. + -y.]
Irregular or ragged in growth or form; scraggy.
1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xlii. 534 That's all we scraggly old people are good for. 1879Tourgee Fool's Errand vii. 26 He had a long scraggly beard. 1892Harper's Mag. Dec. 115/1, I watched her struggling up the..hillside, passing in and out of sight among the scraggly pines. 1946C. McCullers Member of Wedding ii. 57 A street preacher..was preaching on a corner to a group of warehouse coloured boys and scraggly children. 1959T. Griffith Waist-High Culture (1960) 172 We are like an animal that casts off its skins too quickly; no wonder we look scraggly. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 12/3 At least I'm not spread-eagled any more in my skivvies and scraggly black socks.
Comb.1889M. E. Wilkins Far-away Melody (1890) 28 The walls..had a scraggly-patterned paper on them. |