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mealy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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meal·y /ˈmiːli/ adjective  1 DFfruit or vegetables that are mealy are dry and do not taste good 〔水果或蔬菜〕干巴难吃的 These apples are kind of mealy. 这些苹果有点干巴巴的。2. DFcontaining meal 含粉的,粉质的
Examples from the Corpus
mealyIt was gray, mealy, and small.The berries are red now, but they are mealy and tasteless.mealy applesBeador had lent her a magnificent five-year-old mealy bay gelding, called Fontana.However, like the newly decorated glasshouse toad, the mealy bugs, being white, found it difficult to remain unseen.The crevices where the spurs were cut back each year were particularly attractive hiding places for mealy bugs.Or dining mealy parrots drop fruit in your path.
meal·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
are mealy and are Corpus not or dry vegetables that do fruit


mealy
mealy /ˈmiːli/ adjective
1. fruit or vegetables that are mealy are dry and do not taste good:
    These apples are kind of mealy.
2. containing meal


mealyBrE /ˈmiːli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmiːli/ 🔊 adjective(especially of vegetables or fruit 尤指蔬菜或水果) soft and dry when you eat them 干软的;面的;吃起来松软干爽的