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scrappiness

/skrap-ee/US // ˈskræp i //UK // (ˈskræpɪ) //

潦草性,潦草,潦倒,潦草程度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est.

    • : made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.

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Examples

  • His first newspaper job was at Washington’s scrappy Daily News.

  • Some guys who had come up just behind us put on their skis on the actual summit and made a scrappy turn or two off the top before continuing down.

  • Over the course of three years and a half-dozen moves across the Northeast, these scrappy trails became the center of our outdoor life.

  • When Ant was still a scrappy upstart in 2008, Ma vowed to disrupt China’s financial system.

  • All our hosts love the Rays’ style of play but remain unconvinced that their underdog narrative is as scrappy as Tampa makes it sound.