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。 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hair Examples of stragglystraggly 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Old straggly hedgerows can thus enhance the landscape, even if they sometimes provide a diminished habitat for natural life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is the size of the region, which is a large and straggly one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has an erect and straggly habit, growing to between 0.4 and 1 metre high. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the other hand its long, straggly wool is only suitable for coarsely woven fabrics such as carpets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cutting back after flowering prevents plants from becoming straggly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is tall, with long, straggly dark plaits, and never ties her bootlaces. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As they age, plants may become straggly, but benefit from hard pruning after fertilizing and watering, which promotes compact, bushier growth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is a rather straggly tree, with sharp, 36 cm long stem spines in the leaf axils. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Plants become straggly and untidy with age, so should be pruned when young. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has an erect and straggly habit, growing to between 0.5 and 3 metres high. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Due to the lack of soil material, only weak, straggly, very open spruce woods thrive here. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has a straggly, but rigid habit and is armed with sharp straight thorns up to 100mm long, which are modified branches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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