spindly

英 [ˈspɪndli]

美 [ˈspɪndli]

adj.  长而纤弱的; 细长而瘦弱的

GRE

BNC.20749 / COCA.18091

牛津词典

adj.

• 长而纤弱的；细长而瘦弱的
  very long and thin and not strong
  1. spindly legs
     细长的腿

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 细长而瘦弱的;瘦长的
  Something that isspindlyis long and thin and looks very weak.
  1. I did have rather spindly legs.
     我的腿的确比较瘦长。

英英释义

adj

• long and lean
  Synonym:lank

双语例句

• Qin Rongsheng, the NAI's spindly vice-president, solemnly describes its origins: Ten years ago, Chinese enterprises paid no attention, or less attention, to training.
  北京国家会计学院身材瘦高的副院长秦荣生郑重地介绍了学院的起源：10年前，中国企业毫不重视、或者说不那么重视培训。
• They appeared to have spindly bodies and large overdeveloped heads.
  他们似乎拥有细长的身体硕大超级发达的头颅。
• I did have rather spindly legs.
  我的腿的确比较瘦长。
• It was spindly looking with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed around it.
  它还很纤细，长着细高的茎杆，上面只有一个头。我决定好好照看它，除去它周围的杂草。
• The Hava Supai refer in legends to spindly blue gray'ant people'as having taken them into underground refuge cities during the first and second Atlantean deluge.
  哈瓦苏派传说在第一次和第二次亚特兰蒂斯大洪水时期，细长的蓝灰色“蚂蚁人”曾把他们带到了地下的避难所。
• Over time he grew a mouth where only lips had existed, he added stars in his eyes, bulked up and gained muscles in his previously spindly legs, and eventually sprouted a nose.
  随着时间的推移，他从小口已经存在一个唯一的嘴唇，他补充说：在他眼中的明星，膨体起来，在他以前的细腿获得的肌肉，并最终萌生了鼻子。
• Cymbidium hybridum, also known as Cymbidium hookerianum, is a kind of high-value ornamental cattleya. Cymbidium, with its large flowers, straight branches and spindly leaves, is deeply welcomed by Cymbidium enthusiasts and is also regarded as the upmarket potted flower for Spring Festival consumption.
  大花蕙兰（Cymbidium）又名虎头兰，是一种观赏价值很高的洋兰，其花朵硕大，枝叶俊秀，深受兰花爱好者的欢迎，也是春节消费的高档盆花。
• Muscle stem cells can be activated to initiate proliferation and give rise to spindly myoblasts, which undergo differentiation and cell fusion into multinucleated myotubes.
  哺乳动物骨骼肌中存在着少量的肌肉干细胞，肌肉干细胞可激活、增殖形成单核的成肌细胞，并融合分化为多核肌管。
• The greater the secondary cooling water flow ratio, the easier the spindly primary dendrites and narrow PDAS formed.
  二次冷却水流量比增加，易形成细长的一次枝晶，一次枝晶臂间距降低。
• Spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers.
  澳大利亚南部和塔斯马尼亚岛的纺锤形竖直灌木，有白色到玫瑰色或紫红色的花。