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spindling

/spind-ling/US // ˈspɪnd lɪŋ //UK // (ˈspɪndlɪŋ) //

树苗,树枝,树枝状物,树枝状

Related Words

awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬bony多骨的,骨质,多骨,骨质的gangly痞子,痞子气,痞气,冗长的gawky笨拙的,笨拙,笨手笨脚,笨重lanky修长的,瘦长的,瘦长型,瘦长lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐rangy跑步,奔放,奔放的,奔腾skinny瘦的,瘦小的,瘦弱的,瘦小spindly纤细的,小巧玲珑,纤细,小巧玲珑的tall高大的,高个子,高高的,高大thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细leggy腿长,腿部,跛脚,腿脚不便long-legged腿长的,长腿的,腿长,长腿

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so.
    • : growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a spindling person or thing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.gangling
Synonyms
awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬bony多骨的,骨质,多骨,骨质的gangly痞子,痞子气,痞气,冗长的gawky笨拙的,笨拙,笨手笨脚,笨重lanky修长的,瘦长的,瘦长型,瘦长leggy腿长,腿部,跛脚,腿脚不便long-legged腿长的,长腿的,腿长,长腿long-limbedlumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐rangy跑步,奔放,奔放的,奔腾skinny瘦的,瘦小的,瘦弱的,瘦小spindly纤细的,小巧玲珑,纤细,小巧玲珑的tall高大的,高个子,高高的,高大thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细

Examples

  • But how can they catch fishes that size on a little bit of a spindling rod and a line so fine you can hardly see it?

  • He had round, stooping shoulders, and long, spindling limbs.

  • They looked straight at a few spindling tomato plants set too near the tree and stunted by its shade.

  • Our regular steward was a spindling little critter with curls and eye-glasses who answered to the hail of "Percy."

  • The wiry and spindling growth of grass and grain crops may indicate too much water.

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