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

• 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。
• A terrier with wiry hair.
  有金属丝般毛发的猎犬。
• 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。
• A breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears.
  长有长而硬的毛和下垂的耳朵的小猎犬。
• He has wiry hair.
  他长着粗而卷曲的头发。
• Like a lot of good marathon runners he's very wiry.
  与许多优秀的马拉松赛跑运动员一样，他非常瘦但很结实。
• 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。
• 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。
• Grandfather is quite old and a bit hunchbacked. The boy still crouched there, small for his age, small and wiry like his father.
  祖父年纪大了，背有点驼。男孩还蹲在原来的地方，长得矮小，跟年令有点不相称，但很结实，跟他父亲一样。