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brashy

/brash-ee/US // ˈbræʃ i //UK // (ˈbræʃɪ) //

腼腆,肥大的,粗野的,肥大

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    brash·i·er, brash·i·est.

    • : brash.
    • : Scot. and North England Dialect. showery.

Examples

  • The ice proved brashy, soft to each step, and the men slithered through the water up to the armpits as they carried the canoes.

  • The ground was brashy and very poor, and consequently I determined to clear the boxes and put the whole of the manure upon it.

  • Cornbrash, so called from its 'brashy' or rubbly nature, an earthy oolite yielding fair land for corn.

  • The lower limbs are brashy and bare of bark, and the ones above are leafless and gnarled, although alive.