| 单词 | wiry |
| 释义 | wiry (once / 2470 pages) adj You can describe someone who's fairly thin and athletic as wiry. While a linebacker on a football team is typically big and broad, a marathon runner is more likely to be wiry. The adjective wiry can be used in two different ways: first, to mean "lean and strong," like a wiry seven year-old gymnast. The second meaning is "resembling wire." You could describe your thick, impossibly curly hair as wiry, or the crazy coat of your terrier as wiry. In the late 1500s the word wiry meant "made of wire." WORD FAMILYwiry: wirier, wiriest, wirily, wiriness+/rewire: rewired, rewires, rewiring/unwire: unwired/wire: rewire, unwire, wired, wireless, wirer, wires, wiring, wiry/wireless: wirelesser, wirelesses, wirelessly/wirer: wirers/wiring: wirings USAGE EXAMPLESA black winter jacket and gray sweatpants hung on his wiry frame. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Some research suggests that these wiry, cylindrical little brushes ay be even more effective than dental floss. Time(Dec 06, 2016) At 61, Fisher is short and wiry, with thinning gray hair swept back over a high and gently tanned forehead. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj lean and sinewy Syn stringy lean, thin lacking excess flesh 2adj of hair that resembles wire in stiffness wiry red hair Syn haired, hairy, hirsute having or covered with hair 3adj of or relating to wire |
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