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mangey

/meyn-jee/US // ˈmeɪn dʒi //UK // (ˈmeɪndʒɪ) //

疥癣,癞子,疥疮,癞皮狗

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    man·gi·er, man·gi·est.

    • : a less common variant of mangy.

Examples

  • (To the porter) Thou mangey dromedary, the gods shall punish thee for this envious wickedness.

  • Of course, the mangey creature—ceasing the while from its perennial self-scratching—will hoot something derogatory.

  • It was one of those little one-ring affairs, you know, with a mangey camel, and a moth-eaten lion and a troop of trained dogs.