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scraggly

/skrag-lee/US // ˈskræg li //UK // (ˈskræɡlɪ) //

蓬乱的,蓬头垢面,蓬头垢面的,蓬松的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    scrag·gli·er, scrag·gli·est.

    • : irregular; uneven; jagged.
    • : shaggy; ragged; unkempt.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.ragged

Examples

  • All I could see now was that his once sexy, scraggly hair was so obviously a wig.

  • The wrap looked a little scraggly close up, but from any distance Valerie seemed an image out of the golden age of Hollywood.

  • He was unshaven, with a goatee and long, scraggly hair, and looked miserable and not a little creepy.

  • He had a scraggly beard and his once clean-shaven head was ringed by a horseshoe of graying hair.

  • The snake is wriggling like crazy, but now has its neck wound around a couple of scraggly bushes.

  • His scraggly beard was thrust forward aggressively, and his deep-set eyes fairly blazed between narrowed lids.

  • A smoky tunnel, a scraggly belt of half-city—and then the real country.

  • The Cap'n, glancing behind, noted that a certain scraggly island had once more slid into view from behind a wooded head.

  • That portion of his face not covered by the scraggly beard was as white as mud and dirt would permit.

  • A tall, contemplative man with a scraggly gray beard—an angular Christ-like figure—appeared.