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单词 spindly
释义
spindlyspin‧dly /ˈspɪndli/ adjective Examples
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  • At the edge of the lawn, one tree stood, a spindly silver maple.
  • His spindly arms grab on to the statue, and he hoists himself up higher.
  • One, a grade-school boy with spindly arms and legs, rode, unaided, a stationary bicycle.
  • The older trees grow spindly and, their immune systems weakened, fall prey to infestation of beetles and disease.
  • The plants on the windowsill were spindly and yellowing.
  • The trunks often contort into spindly curves and twists.
  • When you hit them, you knock out their spindly legs and their big bodies come flying right through your windshield.
long and thin in a way that looks weak:  spindly legs
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