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leathery

/leth-uh-ree/US // ˈlɛð ə ri //UK // (ˈlɛðərɪ) //

皮质的,皮实的,皮质,皮实

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.

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Examples

  • It can have a cumulative effect, showing up as deep wrinkles, fine lines, sagging skin, leathery skin, hyperpigmentation, and even skin cancer.

  • The hard, magnetic teeth of a leathery red-brown mollusk nicknamed “the wandering meatloaf” possess a rare mineral previously seen only in rocks.

  • Very early dinosaurs may have laid leathery, turtle-like eggs.

  • With its tightly packed, thorny-tipped, leathery outer petals, artichokes can, at first, seem like a daunting vegetable to tackle, but they are actually fairly easy to tame.

  • They sport a leathery, crackle-textured skin and glow with salt-and-pepper zest.

  • A thick, leathery exterior makes chewing them as much fun as tasting them.

  • Hard-caught game gets something feral and gnarled—Côte-Rôtie or a leathery Hermitage.

  • Best known for their leathery shells, some species can roll into a ball when threatened.

  • The stretchy, leathery ring keeps you hard while the eyelashes tickle the vadge.

  • Out of the invisible240 country marched a huge beast with a thick, leathery skin and a surprisingly long neck.

  • As those leathery faces crack into lines through the dust I sense sincerity.

  • They show their distant relationship to birds in that their large eggs are incased in a leathery, limy shell.

  • Mr. Simeon Browns usual demeanour was that of the most leathery imperturbability.

  • With great fanged beak out-stretched, it was flapping through the air on leathery wings.