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

• 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。
• He was kind of skinny and wiry and full of energy.
  我想要上的是更富有艺术性的、更有趣的学校。
• How's your wiry zone?
  你那坚硬地带怎样了？
• He has wiry hair.
  他长着粗而卷曲的头发。
• 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。
• HAIR: Medium length, straight with dense undercoat, never soft, wavy or wiry.
  毛质：中等长度，直，底毛密，不可以软、成波状或丝状。
• 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。
• Bearded, wiry and professorial-looking, he teaches high school physics in nearby Gorham.
  他满脸胡须，瘦长结实，一副教授模样，在戈勒姆附近的高中教授物理。
• Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover.
  缓慢生长的蔓藤植物，其笔直、瘦长结实的茎干上长满常绿的叶子；通常被用作地被植物。
• 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。