wiry

FREQ #46874

a. 金属线制的, 瘦长结实的 [医] 弦样的(指脉搏)

发音

US /ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

wirier 比较级 wirier wiriest wiriest 最高级

别名

wiery

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling wire.

    My hair was very wiry in my teens.

  2. 2.

    Thin, muscular and flexible.

    Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

stringy

近义相关 5

thin lean hairy haired hirsute

词源

From wire + -y.

来源：wiktionary