释义 |
spindlyspin‧dly /ˈspɪndli/ adjective - 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 |