gangling

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishganglinggan‧gling /ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/ adjective TALL PERSONunusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully SYN lanky an awkward gangling teenagerExamples from the Corpusgangling• Perhaps she felt she might look old with a gangling adolescent son round the place.• Over in the dock the accused, a gangling boy of about nineteen, was smirking.• He, the gangling lad, always head and shoulders above his classmates and always sniffing.• A gangling mixed breed of Labradors and mongrel hounds and terriers.• At the next rack a gangling teenager in jeans was looking at Brass Band Selections.• He was tall and gangling with a slack mouth and appeared to be holding something behind his back.Origin gangling (1800-1900) Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel “wanderer, tall thin person” ((14-20 centuries))

单词	gangling
释义	gangling From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishganglinggan‧gling /ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/ adjective TALL PERSONunusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully SYN lanky an awkward gangling teenagerExamples from the Corpusgangling• Perhaps she felt she might look old with a gangling adolescent son round the place.• Over in the dock the accused, a gangling boy of about nineteen, was smirking.• He, the gangling lad, always head and shoulders above his classmates and always sniffing.• A gangling mixed breed of Labradors and mongrel hounds and terriers.• At the next rack a gangling teenager in jeans was looking at Brass Band Selections.• He was tall and gangling with a slack mouth and appeared to be holding something behind his back.Origin gangling (1800-1900) Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel “wanderer, tall thin person” ((14-20 centuries))
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