| 词汇 | whippy |
| 释义 | whippy adjective uk /ˈwɪp.i/ us /ˈwɪp.i/ whippyadjective (OF MOVEMENT)moving or being able to move backwards and forwards quickly : The sea creature has a whippy tail that helps it propel swiftly through the water. As we squeezed our way through the hedge, we were poked by the twigs of whippy little saplings. Synonym flexible A sucker is a vigorous, whippy shoot that emerges from under the ground or from the roots. She collected a bundle of thin, whippy twigs from the ground. The bowler has a whippy action and a powerful delivery. Backwards, sideways and back and forth anticlockwise back and forthidiom back to frontphrase backward backwardly hither and thitheridiom laterad lateral laterally libration reverse round saw stand step step aside swept-back take someone aside there and backidiom wrong whippyadjective (THIN)thin: He had a lean, whippy look and a brown, lined face. He was younger, whippier, and less predictable than his friend. Thin and fine attenuate attenuated attenuation delicate elongated hairline leanly narrow narrowness paper-thin papery slender slimline slimness super-thin superfine tenuity thinly ultra-thin wispily Related wordwhip |
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