| 释义 |
scranky, a. Sc. and north.|ˈskræŋkɪ|
Also sk-.
[Cf. Norw. skrank lean, large-boned figure (Ross); ? cogn. w. shrink v.]
Lean, slender, scraggy.
17..Ramsay Addr. Thanks xiv, Ye lads of little rent, Wha..did lament Your purses being skranky. 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 289 The skranky ancle bespeaks skranky neck and bosom. 1835M. Scott Cruise Midge xiv, It was a desolate-looking place..lumbered..with several skranky leathern-backed Spanish chairs. 1882J. Walker Sc. Poems 114 Poor devils, scranky as the kitchen tongs. |