英语词源
- spindly (adj.)
- 1650s, from spindle + -y (2). Related: Spindliness.
权威例句
- 1. I did have rather spindly legs.
- 我的腿的确比较瘦长。
- 2. He was followed by a sallow, spindly lawyer.
- 跟在他后面的是一个面色灰黄, 细长个子的律师.
- 3. While the talk was loud , the stick was spindly.
- 夸夸其谈之际,棒子却是又细又长.
- 4. Spindly Austin 7's of the'20 s are venerated like doddering old aunties.
- 修长的奥斯汀7世以及20世都已经是人们喜欢的老爷车.
- 5. Their spindly, delicate roots seem just plucked from the earth.
- 它们精致 、 细的根系乍看之下还以为是刚从土壤中摘出来的.