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scraggly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++scrag·gly /ˈskræɡəli/ adjective informal  UNTIDYgrowing in a way that looks uneven and in bad condition 〔长得〕参差不齐的;散乱的 his scraggly gray beard 他那散乱的灰白胡子
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scragglya scraggly beardHe had huge empty eye sockets wadded with cotton, a scraggly Fu Manchu moustache and a long grey pigtail.There are singles, pairs, and scraggly groups of up to a dozen coming from various directions.These and other shrubs were interspersed with small, scraggly larch and black spruce trees.We crossed Main Street and went into a little park, sat on a wooden bench under a huge scraggly tree.scraggly ... beardRip rubbed his chin, and noticed that he had a long, scraggly beard.
scrag·gly adjectiveChineseSyllable
uneven condition bad way in in that looks growing Corpus a and


scraggly
scraggly /ˈskræɡəli/ adjective informal
growing in a way that looks uneven and in bad condition:
    his scraggly gray beard


scrag·glyBrE /ˈskræɡli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskræɡli/ 🔊 adjective (NAmE, informal) thin and growing in a way that is not even 稀疏凌乱的;散乱的a scraggly beard稀稀拉拉的胡子