weedy /ˈwidi/
(a.)盡是雜草的,似雜草的,瘦弱的,蔓延的,醜陋的
Weed·y a. [Compar. Weedier superl. Weediest.]
1. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. “Weedy trophies.”
2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
See from the weedy earth a rivulet break. --Bryant.
3. Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons. [Colloq.]
Weed·y, a. Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]
She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning. --Dickens.
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weedy
adj 1: abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy
plants that take over a garden" [ant: weedless]
2: having unattractive thinness; "a child with skinny freckled
legs"; "a long scrawny neck" [syn: scraggy, scrawny, skinny,
underweight]
[also: weediest, weedier]