scrabbly

• 一个过时的形容词，形容质地粗糙、不平整，或声音刺耳、刮擦。现代英语中很少使用。

An obsolete adjective meaning rough, uneven, or scratchy in texture or sound; rarely used in modern English.

1. Sparsely vegetatedC1informal

   Describing an area that is thinly covered with stunted trees, bushes, or undergrowth.

   植被稀疏

   • The scrabbly hillside offered little shelter from the wind.
   • They hiked through scrabbly terrain dotted with small, twisted pines.
   • The scrabbly landscape was a challenge for the farmers.

   同义词barebarrenbleakharshpoorsparsestuntedthinwaste

   反义词lushluxuriantverdant