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词汇 wiry
释义 wiry
adjective
uk /ˈwaɪə.ri/ us /ˈwaɪr.i/
(of people and animals) thin but strong, and often able to bend easily: (人或动物)瘦而结实的
He has a runner's wiry frame.他的身材像跑步运动员一样瘦而结实。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having less flesh on the body than average
thinShe's on a diet but I think she's already too thin.
skinnyYou should eat more. You're much too skinny.
scrawnyHe hated his scrawny legs.
slimHe was tall, very slim, with pale, deep-set eyes.
slenderHe put his arms around her slender waist.
Wiry hair is strong, thick, and rough to touch.(头发)硬的,粗硬的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
be as thin as a rakephrase
be skin and bone(s)idiom
ectomorph
ectomorphic
emaciated
emaciation
gauntly
hollow
lithe
raw-boned
scrawny
slender
slight
slimly
slimness
sparely
thinness
ultra-thin
waif-like
wasted

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Thick, dense and heavy
Hair

wiry | American Dictionary


wiry
adjective
us/ˈwɑɪər·i/
(of a person) thin but strong:
He was a wiry man 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 145 pounds.
If hair or fur is wiry, it is stiff and not soft.

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Overlapping pink to pale green hop-like bracts droop from the ends of wiry stems, hence the common name of hopflower oregano.
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The thin, wiry, branching stem may bend and droop when in flower.
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He is described as tall and wiry, with a hawkish nose, and long black hair he rarely washes.
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She is described as being thin and wiry, with blue eyes and close-cropped blonde hair.
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Many flowers are born on the wiry, branched panicles.
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She was described as being small in stature but very wiry, quite capable with a punt or rowing boat.
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Each flower consists of a tubular perianth made up of four united tepals, and one long wiry style.
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He is wiry, not tall, with dark hair and eyes, and an expressive eyebrow.
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Clipping as opposed to stripping results in a loss of the wiry texture and some of the fullness of the coat.
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They are medium-sized wiry dogs with long thin legs and bodies longer than they are tall.
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The coat is wiry, close-lying, strong, and dense, 0.75to1.25in cm long with a dense, water-repellent undercoat.
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The men were thin and wiry, but they were also tough and strong with an incredible skill in felling, sawing and handling timber.
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The breed's wiry coat is weather resistant for hunting.
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Each flower consists of a tubular perianth made up of four fused tepals, and one long wiry style.
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His depiction large-eyed, with wiry, contorted limbs, and messy, knotted, convoluted webbing influenced the way virtually all subsequent artists would draw the character.
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