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单词 cragged
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Definition of cragged in English:

cragged

adjective ˈkraɡɪd
  • 1(of terrain) having a rough, rocky, and uneven surface; rugged.

    rugged mountains and cragged coastlines
    cragged rocks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pageant device itself was made up of the representation of two hills or mountains, the one on the north side being "cragged, barreyn, and stonye; in whiche was erected one tree, artificiallye made, all withered and deadde ...".
    • The return is via the black cragged gash of Gleann Lochain Eanaiche.
    • Across the water an ancient stone keep sat atop cragged rocky shores, reflected in the cerulean blue waters.
    • The wanderer ventured forth into the eternal pass of cragged rock, worn with lines of age, yet stalwart and strong with thick trunks of stone bolstering the walls.
    • By 8pm there's a definite sense of expectation, and so I follow the reds, whites and blues (so much for separatism) up the cragged streets to cafe-lined Place Jaurs.
    • At the age of ninety, Kennan published Around the Cragged Hill (WW Norton, 1994).
    • We finally reached the 17,300-foot pass overlooking Lhamo Latso - "a sharp cragged ridge," according to The Power-Places of Central Tibet, "upon which is built the Dalai Lama's throne."
    1. 1.1 (of a man's face) rugged and rough-textured.
      the cragged features of the fishermen
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While Robert Shaw's Britisher sneers at all things NYC, Matthau's cragged face and forlorn voice implicitly champion NYC values.
      • His father wavered behind the bar, his thick white hair matted on his scalp, his face cragged and lined like dried-out leaves.
      • Kristofferson's face is like an Easter Island statue; cragged and heavy with tragic knowledge.
      • Dafoe's character doesn't say much, but his cragged face is as expressive a tool as his voice.
      • At 63, the Paisley-born actor-turned-novelist's cragged, open face alludes to, but never exposes, his 60-plus status.
 
 
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