wiry

英 [ˈwaɪəri]

美 [ˈwaɪəri]

adj.  瘦而结实的; 硬而结实的; 像金属丝的

最高级：wiriest　比较级：wirier　

医学

BNC.21006 / COCA.13236

牛津词典

adj.

• 瘦而结实的
  thin but strong
  1. a wiry little man
     清瘦结实的小个男子
• 硬而结实的；像金属丝的
  stiff and strong; like wire

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 瘦而结实的
  Someone who iswiryis rather thin but is also strong.
  1. His body is wiry and athletic.
     他长得清瘦而结实，体格健美。
• ADJ-GRADED （毛发、草等）粗硬的
  Something such as hair or grass that iswiryis stiff and rough to touch.
  1. Her wiry hair was pushed up on top of her head in an untidy bun.
     她粗硬的头发向上梳起，在头顶乱糟糟地盘成了个发髻。

英英释义

adj

• of hair that resembles wire in stiffness
  1. wiry red hair
• lean and sinewy
  Synonym:stringy
• of or relating to wire

双语例句

• Hammer's apprentice was a wiry red-haired youth called Nail.
  海姆尔的学徒是个叫内尔的精瘦红发小伙。
• Her wiry hair was pushed up on top of her head in an untidy bun.
  她粗硬的头发向上梳起，在头顶乱糟糟地盘成了个发髻。
• The wiry, bespectacled pair won many "most identical" competitions over the years.
  多年来，这对瘦但结实的双胞胎兄弟参加了很多“最相像”比赛并获奖。
• He is a wiry little person.
  他是个结实瘦小的人。
• He has wiry hair.
  他长着粗而卷曲的头发。
• Electric fires also have wires which get hot. a terrier with wiry hair.
  电炉也有热的金属丝。有金属丝般毛发的猎犬。
• A clump or tuft, as of growing grass. tufted wiry rush of wide distribution.
  生草丛一丛，一簇，如一丛草广泛分布的一种丛生的、细的灯心草属植物。
• Type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia.
  裸蕨科的模式属；古生代植物，为小而坚韧的草木，具地下根状茎和顶生的孢子囊群。
• She has a dancer's wiry frame.
  她有着舞蹈演员的瘦削结实身材。
• A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.
  一个寒冷的雾凇是在他的头，他的眉毛，他的结实的下巴。