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单词 scrubby
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scrubby

(skrʌbi)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Scrubby land is rough and dry and covered with scrub.
...the hot, scrubby hills of western Eritrea.
Synonyms: stunted, meagre, underdeveloped, spindly More Synonyms of scrubby

scrubby in British English

(ˈskrʌbɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -bier or -biest
1. 
covered with or consisting of scrub
2. 
(of trees or vegetation) stunted in growth
3.  British informal
messy
Derived forms
scrubbiness (ˈscrubbiness)
noun

scrubby in American English

(ˈskrʌbi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈscrubbier or ˈscrubbiest
1. 
stunted in growth; undersized or inferior
2. 
covered with or consisting of scrub, or brushwood
3. 
paltry, shabby, etc.
Derived forms
scrubbily (ˈscrubbily)
adverb
scrubbiness (ˈscrubbiness)
noun

Examples of 'scrubby' in a sentence
scrubby

The Chantrey demesne, by contrast, was definitely ragged, scrubby grass with the odd daffodil appearing as if by mistake.
Brandon, Ruth LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE (2002)
The road flowed through the scrubby grassland like a meandering stream --- just like home.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
An elderly man in a beige anorak was powering across the scrubby grass towards her.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
(adjective) 
Definition
(of plants) stunted
scrubby green bushes
Synonyms
stunted
low, stunted trees
meagre
underdeveloped
spindly
scrawny
undersized
undersized and underweight babies

Additional synonyms

in the sense of meagre
Definition
thin or emaciated
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
hungry,
starved,
skinny,
gaunt,
bony,
emaciated,
scrawny,
lank,
scraggy,
underfed
in the sense of undersized
Definition
smaller than normal
undersized and underweight babies
Synonyms
stunted,
underdeveloped,
small,
tiny,
miniature,
squat,
atrophied,
underweight,
teeny-weeny,
dwarfish,
teensy-weensy,
runty,
runtish,
pygmy or pigmy

Nearby words of
scrubby

  • scrounge
  • scrounger
  • scrub
  • scrubby
  • scruff
  • scruffy
  • scrum

Synonyms of 'scrubby'

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