单词 | scaley |
释义 | scaley (once / 311035 pages) adj WORD FAMILY scale: descale, rescale, scalable, scaled, scaleless, scalelike, scales, scaley, scaling, scaly+/rescale: rescaled, rescaling/scalable: scalability, unscalable/scaling: scalings/scaly: scalier, scaliest, scaliness/unscalable: unscalably USAGE EXAMPLESSome are meant to be creepy, but even the cute ones read a little scaley, and not just because they’re reptiles. New York Times(Dec 14, 2011) Slowly, a bit of information about various scaley, furry, or feathered critters has begun to trickle out of the affected areas. Scientific American(Mar 22, 2011) On a patch of smooth grass, five feet from the water's edge, lay the gnawed head and naked, scaley tail of a muskrat. Kjelgaard, James Arthur, Swamp Cat(2011) adj having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles Syn scaled, scaly armored, armoured used of animals; provided with protective covering |
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