straggly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++strag·gly /ˈstræɡəli/ adjective  UNTIDYgrowing untidily and spreading out in different directions 蔓延的；散落的；零乱的 straggly hair 凌乱的头发

Examples from the Corpus

straggly• He had no razor of course, so he sported a straggly beard and moustache.• There were a few leaves left on the straggly garden bushes, hanging all crumpled and lifeless.• He smelled vaguely of joss sticks, and his long, straggly hair was flecked with dandruff.• The straggly hair was trimmed and washed.• I glimpsed the spiked heads of decapitated traitors, their shredded necks, gaping mouths and straggly hair.• Juliet almost ran to the first house, which sported a wooden sign behind a straggly hawthorn hedge.• Bottle-wrack looks the same and grows in the same straggly way.• His wizened face sprouted the long straggly wisps of a white mandarin mustache and beard.

strag·gly adjectiveChineseSyllable  

in growing Corpus different spreading out untidily and

straggly
strag‧gly /ˈstræɡəli/ adjective
growing untidily and spreading out in different directions:
    straggly hair

strag·glyBrE /ˈstræɡli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstræɡli/ 🔊 adjectivegrowing or hanging in a way that does not look tidy or attractive 蔓生的；杂乱地蔓延的◆a thin woman with grey, straggly hair灰发蓬乱的瘦女人