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
- : 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.
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