单词 | stringy |
释义 | stringy (once / 11268 pages) adj WORD FAMILY stringy: stringier, stringily USAGE EXAMPLESTo roast a whole squash, halve the vegetable and remove the seeds and stringy interior. Los Angeles Times(Nov 11, 2016) Just a quick plunge into boiling water brightens the celery’s color, deepens its flavor and gives it a more succulent, less stringy texture. Wall Street Journal(Nov 10, 2016) Khaksar was 18 months old, with stringy brown hair and an impish, sidelong gaze. Los Angeles Times(Nov 10, 2016) 1adj consisting of or containing string or strings Syn insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial lacking material form or substance; unreal 2adj lean and sinewy Syn wiry lean, thin lacking excess flesh 3adj forming viscous or glutinous threads Syn ropey, ropy, thready thick relatively dense in consistency 4adj (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew Syn fibrous, sinewy, unchewable tough resistant to cutting or chewing |
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