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scabby

/skab-ee/US // ˈskæb i //UK // (ˈskæbɪ) //

结痂,结痂的,结痂的人,疥疮

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    scab·bi·er, scab·bi·est.

    • : covered with scabs; having many scabs.
    • : consisting of scabs.
    • : having scab.
    • : Informal. mean or contemptible: a scabby trick.

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Examples

  • One was barely alive, her tiny body almost furless, her skin scabby and inflamed, her tail a sparsity of filaments.

  • Or scabby, old, fake floral arrangements with more dust than petals.

  • The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool.

  • When a man grows scabby, take him to the bath, give him a thorough cleaning, put clean clothes on him—and he will get well.

  • It was that scabby greenhorn who must have taken it into her head.

  • In the whole fair there aren't more than four scabby rams and the Saint Joseph's ass.

  • It is mine,” quickly replied Rabbit, “and the little scabby heifer belongs to Elephant.