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scraggy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++scrag·gy /ˈskræɡi/ adjective British English  THIN OBJECT OR MATERIALTHIN PERSONtoo thin 骨瘦如柴的,皮包骨的 SYN skinny a scraggy neck 细瘦的脖子
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scraggyHe was white, tall, and wore a scraggy beard.He opened his window and hollered down into the courtyard for the scraggy Monkey-boy who had become his slave.
scrag·gy adjectiveChineseSyllable
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scraggy
scraggy /ˈskræɡi/ adjective British English
too thin
   SYN  skinny:
    a scraggy neck


scraggyBrE /ˈskræɡi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskræɡi/ 🔊 adjective (scrag·gier, scrag·gi·est) (disapproving) (of people or animals 人或动物) very thin and not looking healthy 骨瘦如柴的;面黄肌瘦的 SYN scrawny a scraggy old cat一只瘦骨嶙峋的老猫