stringy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++string·y /ˈstrɪŋi/ adjective 1 DFstringy meat, fruit, or vegetables are full of long thin pieces that are difficult to eat 〔肉、水果或蔬菜〕纤维多的；有筋的 → tough Scoop out the pumpkin’s stringy fibres. 用勺子把南瓜里的筋挖出来。2. DCBTHIN OBJECT OR MATERIALstringy hair is very thin and looks like string, especially because it is dirty 〔尤指毛发因脏而〕细长而稀疏的，呈一缕缕的3. THIN PERSONtall and thin 瘦长的，青筋毕露的
Examples from the Corpus
stringy• The chicken was dry and stringy.• On my left, three stringy adolescent snakes emerge in unison from a small opening like ground mice.• The meat can easily become dry and stringy although, when cooked properly, they are extremely flavorful.• stringy arms and knobby wrists• Her stringy black hair kept falling in her eyes.• He was quite different from the stringy little animals I saw on my daily round.• If stringy, push pulp through sieve with back of spoon.• This liquid was made by chopping up the roots of an inedible yam which looked like stringy, tough beetroot.string·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
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stringy
string‧y /ˈstrɪŋi/
adjective
1. stringy meat, fruit, or vegetables are full of long thin pieces that are difficult to eat ⇨ tough:
Scoop out the pumpkin’s stringy fibres.
2. stringy hair is very thin and looks like string, especially because it is dirty
3. tall and thin
string‧y /ˈstrɪŋi/
adjective1. stringy meat, fruit, or vegetables are full of long thin pieces that are difficult to eat ⇨ tough:
2. stringy hair is very thin and looks like string, especially because it is dirty
3. tall and thin