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croupy

/kroo-pee/US // ˈkru pi //

皱巴巴的,皱皱巴巴的,皱皱巴巴,皱巴巴

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    croup·i·er, croup·i·est.

    • : pertaining to or resembling croup.
    • : affected with croup.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhoarse

Examples

  • Even now, hearing a child struggling with that croupy rattle hits her in the gut.

  • The children were croupy, and one morning an alcohol lamp near little Clara's bed, blown by the draught, set fire to the canopy.

  • If it occurs suddenly, the child will wake about midnight with the characteristic croupy cough.

  • Next morning it wakes up apparently well except for the croupy cough.

  • The idea of a hot bath in the middle of the day, and him full of dinner, and croupy into the bargain!

  • The disease which Mackenzie called croup, was generally known in Glasgow at that time as croupy sore throat.