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单词 rangy
释义 rangy
adjective
also rangey \ˈrānjē, -ji\
(sometimes rangier sometimes rangiest)
Etymology: range (I) & range (II) + -y
1. : having room for ranging : open, spacious
 < our vast, unpeopled, rangy country — E.A.Weeks >
2. : having ranges : mountainous
3. : inclined, able, or apt to range or rove about often for considerable distances
4. of an animal
 a. : of large proportions : being long-limbed and long-bodied
  < big rangy cattle, strong enough to climb over the hills to market — Russell Lord >
 b. : giving an appearance of slenderness
  < a horse to be fast must be long and rangy — C.W.Gay >
  — compare cobby, chuffy
5. of a person : being long-legged and slender
 < rangy kilted soldiers stalking along the streets — A.W.Long >
6. : having great range or scope
 < these rangy considerations rise immediately out of reading — Richard Sullivan >
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