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mangy

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

癞子,癞皮,癞皮狗,癞皮病

Related Words

decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的dirty肮脏的,脏的,龌龊,脏兮兮的impoverished穷困潦倒,穷困的,贫穷的,穷苦的indigent穷困的,穷困潦倒,贫穷的,穷人mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是moth-eaten蠹虫蛀蚀,蠹虫,蠹虫害,蠹蚀poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷shabby寒酸,寒酸的,破烂不堪,褴褛的shoddy劣质,劣质品,劣质的,蹩脚的sick有病,有病的,患病,病态sleazy懒散的,偷懒,懒惰的,懒散squalid杂乱无章,肮脏的,杂乱无章的,无效的tattered破烂不堪的,破烂的,破烂不堪,破烂ragtag流浪汉,流浪者,流浪的,流浪的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    man·gi·er, man·gi·est.

    • : having, caused by, or like the mange.
    • : contemptible; mean: a mangy trick.
    • : squalid; shabby: a mangy little suburb.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.scruffy
Synonyms
decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的dirty肮脏的,脏的,龌龊,脏兮兮的impoverished穷困潦倒,穷困的,贫穷的,穷苦的indigent穷困的,穷困潦倒,贫穷的,穷人mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是moth-eaten蠹虫蛀蚀,蠹虫,蠹虫害,蠹蚀poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷ragtag流浪汉,流浪者,流浪的,流浪的人shabby寒酸,寒酸的,破烂不堪,褴褛的shoddy劣质,劣质品,劣质的,蹩脚的sick有病,有病的,患病,病态sleazy懒散的,偷懒,懒惰的,懒散squalid杂乱无章,肮脏的,杂乱无章的,无效的tattered破烂不堪的,破烂的,破烂不堪,破烂

Examples

  • The boat docked, and here they came, loping out of the trees to cluster at the water’s edge, all mangy fur and narrowed eyes.

  • With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."

  • They are the old mangy bears that bother tourists, Jesse James bears, that they want to get rid of.

  • It was on the way to the Sally Mangy that this brangling had begun, and it ended jest as they were seating themselves.

  • But if they are careful, no harm comes from nursing a mangy dog, and I have never known of any one taking the disease.

  • The belligerent whine was enough to renew the identity of the mangy little larrikin whose couch on the sand he had shared.

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