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词汇 straggly
释义 straggly
adjective
uk /ˈstræɡ.li/ us /ˈstræɡ.li/
growing or spreading out in an untidy way: 蔓生的;杂乱地散布的
He has a long, straggly grey beard.他蓄着一把乱蓬蓬的灰白长髯。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dirty & untidy
all over the placeidiom
Augean
besmeared
bespattered
bloodied
look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom
manky
messily
messy
slovenly
sluttish
sluttishly
soiled
sordid
unsterile
unsterilized
untidily
untidy
untrimmed

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straggly
Easily missed by the unfamiliar eye it grows into a small tree with a dappled grey trunk, straggly branches and clusters of ovate grey-green leaves.
In large parts of countryside, traditional hedges are growing out to form a line of straggly hawthorn trees.
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Old straggly hedgerows can thus enhance the landscape, even if they sometimes provide a diminished habitat for natural life.
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The first is the size of the region, which is a large and straggly one.
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It has an erect and straggly habit, growing to between 0.4 and 1 metre high.
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On the other hand its long, straggly wool is only suitable for coarsely woven fabrics such as carpets.
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Cutting back after flowering prevents plants from becoming straggly.
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She is tall, with long, straggly dark plaits, and never ties her bootlaces.
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As they age, plants may become straggly, but benefit from hard pruning after fertilizing and watering, which promotes compact, bushier growth.
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He was originally portrayed with neatly trimmed purple-grey hair, this was soon redesigned as a long, straggly, gray-black mane, and more recently into dreadlocks.
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It is a rather straggly tree, with sharp, 36 cm long stem spines in the leaf axils.
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Plants become straggly and untidy with age, so should be pruned when young.
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It has an erect and straggly habit, growing to between 0.5 and 3 metres high.
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Due to the lack of soil material, only weak, straggly, very open spruce woods thrive here.
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It has a straggly, but rigid habit and is armed with sharp straight thorns up to 100mm long, which are modified branches.
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