英语词汇“scrawny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Scrawny is an insulting way to describe someone who's very thin and weak. You might be surprised by how lifting weights transformed your scrawny teammate to a muscular athlete by the end of the season.

The adjective scrawny can describe a small, underweight body but it can also describe anything that's not very big or well-made — a scrawny tree that never gets any taller or fuller or a scrawny audience that disappoints the band because they were expecting a sold-out concert. Scrawny may have come from the Old Norse word skraelna, to shrivel.

WORD FAMILY

scrawny: scrawnier, scrawniest, scrawniness

USAGE EXAMPLES

Lucas laughed as he recalled how scrawny Morris was as a child, particularly compared with his big brother.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

A veal rib chop was a little scrawny, however.

Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016)

“You want how much for this scrawny thing?”

Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016)

1adj being very thin

a long scrawny neck

Syn

boney, scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy
lean, thin

lacking excess flesh

2adj inferior in size or quality

scrawny cattle

Syn

scrubby, stunted
inferior

of low or inferior quality

单词	scrawny
释义	scrawny (once / 11773 pages) adj Scrawny is an insulting way to describe someone who's very thin and weak. You might be surprised by how lifting weights transformed your scrawny teammate to a muscular athlete by the end of the season. The adjective scrawny can describe a small, underweight body but it can also describe anything that's not very big or well-made — a scrawny tree that never gets any taller or fuller or a scrawny audience that disappoints the band because they were expecting a sold-out concert. Scrawny may have come from the Old Norse word skraelna, to shrivel. WORD FAMILY scrawny: scrawnier, scrawniest, scrawniness USAGE EXAMPLES Lucas laughed as he recalled how scrawny Morris was as a child, particularly compared with his big brother. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) A veal rib chop was a little scrawny, however. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) “You want how much for this scrawny thing?” Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj being very thin a long scrawny neck Syn boney, scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy lean, thin lacking excess flesh 2adj inferior in size or quality scrawny cattle Syn scrubby, stunted inferior of low or inferior quality
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