stringy

英 [ˈstrɪŋi]

美 [ˈstrɪŋi]

adj.  细长而干枯的; 细长而稀疏的; 多筋的; 纤维多而不嫩的; 柴的; 瘦得露出筋的

比较级：stringier　

BNC.24250 / COCA.18434

牛津词典

adj.

• 细长而干枯的；细长而稀疏的
  long and thin and looking as if it has not been washed
• 多筋的；纤维多而不嫩的；柴的
  containing long thin pieces like string and difficult to chew
  1. tough, stringy meat
     又老筋又多的肉
• 瘦得露出筋的
  thin so that you can see the muscles
  1. a stringy neck
     瘦得青筋毕露的脖子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (食物)多筋的，纤维多而不嫩的，柴的
  Stringyfood contains long, thin pieces that are difficult or unpleasant to eat.
  1. The meat was stringy...
     这肉嚼不烂。
  2. Thankfully, it wasn't smothered in stringy cheese like some pizzas.
     幸好它不像有些比萨饼那样上面涂满了难嚼的奶酪。
• ADJ-GRADED (头发)干枯的，稀疏的
  Stringyhair is thin and unattractive.
  1. ...an enormously fat man with long, stringy gray hair.
     留着稀疏的灰白长发、身形臃肿的男子

英英释义

adj

• consisting of or containing string or strings
• lean and sinewy
  Synonym:wiry
• forming viscous or glutinous threads
  Synonym:ropyropeythready
• (of meat) full of sinews
  Synonym:fibroussinewyunchewable

双语例句

• She had stringy hair and skinny legs.
  她的长发稀疏，毫无光泽，两条腿跟竹竿似的。
• The meat was brownish-grey and stringy.
  这块肉褐中泛灰，而且多筋。
• He was wasted away to no more than a skeleton, and what had once been vigorous black hair had turned into obscene stringy wisps.
  他消瘦得不比一俱骷髅强，曾经精力充沛的黑发已经变成令人讨厌的枯草般的缕。
• Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.
  离开理发店之后，他看见街上有个人留着很杂乱的长发和邋遢的胡须。
• This celery is too old, it's very stringy.
  芹菜太老，有很多筋。
• Clear, stringy stuff is a sign of an allergy or the beginning of a cold.
  清鼻涕是过敏或伤风开始时的症状。
• A stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar.
  一种纤维质粘稠物质，含酵母细胞和菌，在发酵过程中形成，加入苹果酒和葡萄酒中产生醋。
• Weight loss, making her look gaunt and stringy, alternated with periods of puffiness and overweight.
  体重降低，使她面容憔悴，形同麻杆，间或也夹杂着阵阵虚胖和超重。
• Vegetables with crisp and cracking texture emerge as mush, slippery and stringy as hair nets simmered in Vaseline.
  质地爽脆的蔬菜出来后就像在凡士林中炖过的发网一样粘糊糊，滑溜溜，筋拉拉的。
• He looked no more than nine or ten years old, sallow, small, stringy.
  男孩看上去约莫九到十岁，脸色灰黄，个头矮小，体格精瘦。