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单词 shaggy
释义 shag·gy
\-gē, -gi\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: shag (I) + -y
1.
 a. : covered with, possessing, or consisting of usually long, coarse, or matted hair
  < his face was shaggy with a sprouting black beard — G.R.Stewart >
  < an extraordinary growth of shaggy hair on his chest — Frank Sargeson >
 b. : covered with or consisting of thick, tangled, or unkempt vegetation
  < cedar, spruce, pine, and balsam find a precarious foothold on the shaggy cliffs — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  < shaggy garden hedges — F.G.Turnbull >
 c. : having a rough nap, texture, or surface
  < a shaggy, cream-colored sports coat — Raymond Chandler >
  < twisted, shaggy tamarisk trees — Phyllis Pearsall >
 d. : having hairlike processes
  < shaggy tongue >
2.
 a. : unkempt or casual in appearance or action
  < a sad, shabby, shaggy-looking lot — Peter Taylor >
 b. : rude, unpolished
  < the rough shaggy boy who had lived so much in the woods — S.V.Benét >
 c. : casually eccentric, vague, and individualistic
3. : confused and unclear in outline, conception, or thinking
 < a young novelist … under the spell of … the shaggier manuals of psychoanalysis — Sinclair Lewis >
 < thoughts without words are vague and shaggy — Carl Van Doren >
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