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

• He has wiry hair.
  他长着粗而卷曲的头发。
• A terrier with wiry hair.
  有金属丝般毛发的猎犬。
• Have you ever felt her wiry, black hair?
  你有没有摸过她又硬又黑的头发？
• But Mr Zhang, a wiry man who seems incapable of sitting still, wanted more.
  但张跃希望更上一层楼，这个瘦削结实的男人似乎无法安静地坐下来。
• 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。
• My horse is small but wiry and sure-footed.
  我的马虽矮小，但精瘦结实，走路稳当。
• She has a dancer's wiry frame.
  她有着舞蹈演员的瘦削结实身材。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。