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pimply

/pim-plee/US // ˈpɪm pli //

疙疙瘩瘩的,疙疙瘩瘩,疙瘩,痞子

Related Words

patchy斑驳的,补丁式的,斑驳,补丁uneven不平坦的,不平坦,参差不齐,参差不齐的erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常sporadic零星的,零星,零散的,零碎的desultory轻率的,轻率,粗略的,悠闲flickering颤颤巍巍,颤抖的,颤颤巍巍的,颤动的spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的unequal不平等,不平等的,不公平,不公平的fluctuating波动的,波动,起伏不定的,波动不定的on-again-off-again时断时续,断断续续,断断续续的,断断续续地

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    pim·pli·er, pim·pli·est.

    • : having many pimples.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常patchy斑驳的,补丁式的,斑驳,补丁sporadic零星的,零星,零散的,零碎的uneven不平坦的,不平坦,参差不齐,参差不齐的desultory轻率的,轻率,粗略的,悠闲flickering颤颤巍巍,颤抖的,颤颤巍巍的,颤动的fluctuating波动的,波动,起伏不定的,波动不定的not uniform不统一,不均匀,不统一的,不均匀的on-again-off-again时断时续,断断续续,断断续续的,断断续续地spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的unequal不平等,不平等的,不公平,不公平的

Examples

  • The teenage boy who meets Joe Buck at a movie theater is described as “pimply” five times.

  • It is for the power of stirring, goose-pimply rhetoric that makes those who are privileged to hear it swoon in rapture.

  • A pimply-faced office boy elbowed him out of it and the man turned away meekly.

  • Over the last three miles of the day's journey the surface was raised in large, pimply masses surrounded by wide fissures.

  • The nice new house was expecting them, and a cheeky, pimply German page-boy took their packages up.

  • When the storm subsided, the pimply-faced man was voted to the chair, and the conversation became more reasonable.

  • It did so after considerable delay, and a pimply boy in knee pants showed me upstairs into the waiting-room.

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