| 释义 |
browsy, a.|ˈbraʊzɪ|
Also brousy.
[f. browse v. + -y1.]
†1. Of vegetation: scanty; twiggy. Obs.
1738W. Ellis Timber-tree i. 6 The knotty, mossy Bodies and brousy Heads of Oaks, Ashes, and Beeches. Ibid. 42 These [beech sets] being of the Tree Kind..will get a brousy, bushy Head, like the shrubby Sort.
2. Characterized by or suitable for browsing or casual reading.
1910A. Bennett Jrnl. 20 Oct. (1932) I. 388 Miscellaneous browsy reading in the evening. 1966Guardian 6 May 9/3 A very quiet, wise, browsy sort of book about country life. |