| 单词 | rangy |
| 释义 | rangy (once / 18584 pages) adj People who are rangy are tall and thin, with long arms and legs. You could describe a skinny young basketball player as rangy. This adjective most often describes someone who's very tall and slim, or even a little gawky, like a teenager with big feet and long legs who hasn't finished growing and is awkward in their own body. More rarely, rangy means "tending, allowed, or allowing to roam," like a rangy stray dog or a wide, rangy field. It comes from the verb range, or "move freely over a wide area." WORD FAMILYrangy: rangier, rangiest, rangily+/range: ranged, ranges, ranging, rangy/ranging: rangingly USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Springsteen’s memoir is big, loose, rangy and intensely satisfying. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) Harper is a tall, rangy defensive back who has great coverage skills and plays a very physical game, Koonz said. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) You’re not just going to get by on the fact that you’re a big, tall kid that’s rangy and has a lot of tools.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj tall and thin and having long slender limbs Syn gangling, gangly, lanky tall great in vertical dimension; high in stature 2adj adapted to wandering or roaming Syn mobile moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) 3adj allowing ample room for ranging Syn big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。