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scrub·by
skruh bi
比较级:scrubbier或more scrubby
最高级:scrubbiest或most scrubby
scrubbiness (n.)
词根:scrub
adj.scrub 矮小的;临时凑合的;次等的
n.scrub 矮树;洗擦;擦洗者;矮小的人(或物)
vi.scrub 擦洗;进行手臂消毒
vt.scrub 用力擦洗;使净化
Adjective
1. sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush;
"open scrubby woods"
2. inferior in size or quality;
"scrawny cattle"
"scrubby cut-over pine"
"old stunted thorn trees"
1590年代,“矮小的,劣质的,破旧的”; 见 scrub(n.1)+ -y(2)。指土地,“覆盖着灌木丛或灌木丛”,始于1670年代。相关: Scrubbiness。
scrub >entry 1
The first known use of scrubby was in 1591
scrumptiousadjective
delightful, excellentespecially: delicious
scruffyadjective
dirty or shabby in appearance
a scruffy beard
scruffyadjective
dirty or shabby in appearance
a scruffy beard
scruffyadjective
dirty or shabby in appearance
a scruffy beard
scruffyadjective
dirty or shabby in appearance
a scruffy beard
scruffyadjective
dirty or shabby in appearance
a scruffy beard
scruffnoun
the skin of the back of the neck : nape
scrublandnoun
land covered with scrub
scrubbyadjective
of small size or poor quality : stunted
scrubby cattle
covered with or consisting of scrub
a scrubby hill
1 The crowd at the screening — men flaunting scrubby facial hair, women coifed in topknots — applauded their approval, impressed equally by her evident visual flair and her candor.
2 The trail climbs a hill beyond the uppermost pond, then rejoins the twisting, rocky creek bed before ascending again into a jungle of scrubby vegetation.
3 Amos Diggory muttered again, now reddening behind his scrubby brown beard.
4 We crossed over to the other side of the island and peered through scrubby brush at a sheer rockface.
5 Not much grew around Midland other than the Joshua tree, cacti, and the scrubby little creosote bushes that Dad said were some of the oldest plants on the planet.
6 The only thing is, he does go into New York with a scrubby chin, looking perfectly foul.
7 In 1770 Captain Cook had been unimpressed by the scrubby, sandy bluffs visible from his ship.
1770年,从船上看到的草木丛生的沙质绝壁没有给库克船长留下印象。
8 Not for the first time, Leo was struck by how similar Greece was to his home state of Texas - the low hills, the scrubby trees, the drone of cicadas and the oppressive summer heat.
9 Dallas and Sairy had stopped for the day in a scrubby clearing.
10 A secret city has sprouted in the scrubby hills of northern New Mexico, its inhabitants charged with carrying out a crucial mission.
11 A powerful example is one from 1995 in which two pipes drain into converging ditches at the corner of a flat, scrubby field occupied by four radio towers.
12 He is shortish and slightly stocky, a scrubby ginger beard covering his prominent chin.
13 We drew close to a ramshackle house and garage on a scrubby plot of land.
14 I followed him to a more deserted part of the beach, and then we were walking away from the ocean, toward some scrubby hills.
15 From over scrubby cheekbones eyes looked into Winston's, sometimes with strange intensity, and flashed away again.
这批满脸毛茸茸的人,直朝温斯顿这边看, 想不到有时盯得还真紧, 可一瞥就过去啦.
16 To avoid any potential damage to clothes, Colón stresses that sponges with scrubby sides should be avoided.
17 “Lost? Us? Shoot, we’re on this scrubby patch of dirt on this hillside. Maybe we don’t know where exactly this hillside is, but I’m sure we’ll be fine, just fine.”
18 The words rang like a hymn across the Ngong hills, echoing through the scrubby town, as small children clung to their mothers and joined in the chorus.
19 “How could you? Adam Trask, a dog wolf with a pair of cubs, a scrubby rooster with sweet paternity for a fertilized egg! A dirty clod!”
20 No homes can be seen from the road; tall scrubby bushes obscure the view.
1 破旧的
conked-out old shot poor aged rusty shabby wretched seedy run-down sleazy scruffy decrepit raunchy creaky ratty beat-up dog-eared bedraggled rattletrap unwearable scrubbed raddled flea-bitten crocky beaten ragged dilapidated clapped poky moth-eaten rinky-dink klunky tattery mean tired worn geriatric unsound well-worn worn-out crummy threadbare broken-down mangy beaten-up clapped-out
2 发育不良
6 低矮
8 矮小的
pygmyish pygmoid short-ass scrub dwarf diminutive pygmy grubby sawed-off half-pint scrubbed dwarfish gnomish pygmaean bantam runty peewee pint-sized Pygmy lilliputian scrabbly
10 矮小
pygmyish pygmoid short-ass scrub dwarf diminutive pygmy grubby sawed-off half-pint scrubbed dwarfish gnomish pygmyism nanism runt pygmaean bantam runty peewee dwarfism pint-sized knee-high to a grasshopper lilliputian scrabbly
11 卑劣的
niddering mean small base ugly nasty sneaky shabby wretched despicable cowardly shoddy dastardly contemptible squalid underhand porcine sneaking scummy small-minded scabby low-down scabbed pettifogging verminous currish dirty scurvy mouldy
13 难看的
mean plain rough dirty ugly foul rude unsightly seedy splay disreputable seamy unshaped ungraceful unhandsome ungainly
14 发育不良的
16 卑劣
niddering mean small base ugly nasty sneaky shabby wretched despicable cowardly shoddy dastardly contemptible squalid underhand porcine sneaking scummy small-minded scabby low-down scabbed pettifogging verminous currish cheap shabbily meanly ignobly churlishly dirtily squalor littleness dirtiness shabbiness churlishness dastardliness low down dirty scurvy mouldy
17 低劣的
under bad common cheap evil hedge scrub skinny punk infamous inferior shabby sleazy duff ornery tatty chintzy third-rate scabbed tin-pot
18 低矮的
19 低劣
under bad common cheap evil hedge scrub skinny punk infamous inferior shabby sleazy duff ornery tatty chintzy third-rate scabbed tin-pot poverty
20 破旧
conked-out old shot poor aged rusty shabby wretched seedy run-down sleazy scruffy decrepit raunchy creaky ratty beat-up dog-eared bedraggled rattletrap unwearable scrubbed raddled flea-bitten crocky raunch beaten ragged dilapidated clapped poky moth-eaten rinky-dink klunky tattery seediness shabbiness scruffiness mean tired worn geriatric unsound well-worn worn-out crummy threadbare broken-down mangy beaten-up clapped-out dilapidation
21 长满矮树的