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

• His body is wiry and athletic.
  他长得清瘦而结实，体格健美。
• Electric fires also have wires which get hot. a terrier with wiry hair.
  电炉也有热的金属丝。有金属丝般毛发的猎犬。
• Type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia.
  裸蕨科的模式属；古生代植物，为小而坚韧的草木，具地下根状茎和顶生的孢子囊群。
• His father turned, the wiry figure walking a little stiffly.
  他父亲转过身来，他那结实的身躯走路有点不灵活。
• He is a wiry little person.
  他是个结实瘦小的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was a wiry, red-haired man with piercing blue eyes and a penchant for grandiose schemes.
  他瘦削结实，红头发，有一双目光锐利的蓝眼睛，爱搞宏伟的计划。
• The boy still crouched there, small for his age, small and wiry like his father.
  男孩还蹲在原来的地方，长得矮小，跟年龄有点不相称，但很结实，跟他父亲一样。
• 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。