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maggoty

/mag-uh-tee/US // ˈmæg ə ti //UK // (ˈmæɡətɪ) //

蛆虫,蛆虫的,蛆,蛆状的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : infested with maggots, as food.
    • : Archaic. having queer notions; full of whims.
    • : Australian Slang. angry; bad-tempered.

Examples

  • Wise speech and good intentions—they were invariably maggoty with these secret inclinations to destroy the man in the man.

  • “I wonder if the blamed brutes are going to be too maggoty for our use after all,” he thought.

  • Although very repugnant, however, and utterly unfit for food, maggoty mushrooms are not poisonous.

  • They swore to starve rather than consume the maggoty provender.

  • Buck Moncrossen was a big man with a shrunken, maggoty soul, and no conscience.