| 单词 | leggy |
| 释义 | leggy (once / 24988 pages) adj When a person is described as leggy, it means they have very long legs. If your little sister is extremely tall and leggy for her age, you might suggest that she try out for the school basketball team. When a lovely woman is described as leggy, it's usually in an admiring way: "I felt like New York was full of leggy models that weekend." If you describe a plant as leggy, it's more likely to be critical, meaning something closer to "scrawny" or "spindly." When the daisies in your garden get too leggy, you'll have to stake them or even prune them so they can grow back fuller and healthier. WORD FAMILYleggy: leggier, leggiest, leggily+/foreleg: forelegs/leg: foreleg, leggy, legless, leglike, legs/legs: legses USAGE EXAMPLESFurthermore, garden mums require full sun; otherwise they will become leggy and thin, set few buds and sometimes flop over. Seattle Times(Nov 24, 2016) The leggy animals crawled through ancient forests, which are also partially preserved in the fossil beds in the form of tree trunks. National Geographic(Sep 28, 2016) Leggy is for the funny or dangerous characters. New York Times(Aug 26, 2016) 1adj having long legs Syn long-legged, long-shanked tall great in vertical dimension; high in stature 2adj (of plants) having tall spindly stems Syn tall-growing tall great in vertical dimension; high in stature |
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