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spindle-shanked

/ˈspɪn.dl̩ˌʃæŋkt/

翻译: 过时的形容词,形容人腿又细又长,常含纤弱或笨拙之意。

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词语关系

adjective

/ˈspɪn.dl̩ˌʃæŋkt/formalbritish已废弃
  • zh过时的形容词,形容人腿又细又长,常含纤弱或笨拙之意。

An old-fashioned adjective describing a person with long, thin legs, often implying a frail or ungainly appearance.

  1. Having long, thin legsC1informal

    Describes a person or animal with legs that are very long and slender, often in a way that looks somewhat fragile or disproportionate.

    zh细长腿的

    • The spindle-shanked heron stood motionless in the shallow water.
    • He was a tall, spindle-shanked boy who seemed all knees and elbows.
    • The old horse was spindle-shanked but still surprisingly fast.

    同义词ganglingganglylankyleggyspideryspindle-leggedspindly

词形
  • more spindle-shanked comparative form
  • most spindle-shanked superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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