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leggy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++leg·gy /ˈleɡi/ adjective  1 TALL PERSONa woman or child who is leggy has long legs 〔女人或小孩〕腿长的 a leggy blonde 一个双腿修长的金发美女2. a leggy plant has grown too tall very quickly and its stem cannot support its weight very well 〔植物〕茎过分细长的
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leggyBut they were never bushy, had little foliage and looked leggy.The redhead was leggy and had a terrific figure.a leggy blondeRobert arrived at the party with a leggy brunette.Instead of cheerleaders, King would hire leggy card girls.Nice enough creature, I suppose - leggy, dark hair.But Marcos chooses to stay behind the harpsichord and leggy ficus.According to my neighbour on the other side, this apartment contained something very unusual in the way of leggy redheads.A Smithfield is a leggy type of collie of the sort that bullock drovers used when working cattle half a century ago.
leg·gy adjectiveChineseSyllable
child leggy Corpus or has who a legs long is woman


leggy
leggy /ˈleɡi/ adjective
1. a woman or child who is leggy has long legs:
    a leggy blonde
2. a leggy plant has grown too tall very quickly and its stem cannot support its weight very well


leggyBrE /ˈleɡi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈleɡi/ 🔊 adjective (informal) (especially of girls and women 尤指女孩或妇女) having long legs 腿长的a tall leggy schoolgirl个高腿长的女学生