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单词 weedy
释义 weedy
I. \ˈwēdē, -di\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from weed (I) + -y
1. : abounding with weeds
 < a weedy garden >
2.
 a. : of, relating to, or consisting of weeds
 b. : resembling a weed especially in respect to rank growth or ready propagation in cultivated places
  < a plant of weedy habit >
3. : noticeably lean and scrawny : lanky
 < light carriage with its pair of weedy, young horses — Joseph Hergesheimer >
 < he was weedy; on his pale face was the look of delicate health — Oliver LaFarge >
II. adjective
Etymology: weed (III) + -y
: dressed in mourning
 < she was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning — Charles Dickens >
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