scrubby

英 ['skrʌbi] 美 ['skrʌbi]

• adj. 褴褛的；灌木丛生的；个子矮小的

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. In the middle of a scrubby business park on the outskirts of Dublin, a hulking grey building has recently sprung up.
   在都柏林郊外一片灌木丛生的商业园区中央，一座庞大的灰色建筑最近拔地而起。
2. The only vegetation was scrubby trees and patches of coarse grass.
   唯一的植物是低矮的树木和一丛丛粗糙的草。

经典引文

• A scrubby meadow, grazed..by broken-down horses.

  出自： G. Gissing

• His scrubby beard added to his seedy effect.

  出自： N. Sherry

近反义词

【近义词】

• scrabbly 次要的, 不重要的, 没...
• scrawny 瘦的
• stunted 发育不良的