| 词汇 | gangling |
| 释义 | ganglinggan·gling /ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/ adjectiveadj TALL PERSONunusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully 又高又瘦而动作笨拙的 SYN lanky an awkward gangling teenager 一个竹竿似的、笨手笨脚的少年 Examples from the Corpus gangling• Perhaps she felt she might look old with a gangling adolescent son round the place.• Over in the dock the accused, a gangling boy of about nineteen, was smirking.• He, the gangling lad, always head and shoulders above his classmates and always sniffing.• A gangling mixed breed of Labradors and mongrel hounds and terriers.• At the next rack a gangling teenager in jeans was looking at Brass Band Selections.• He was tall and gangling with a slack mouth and appeared to be holding something behind his back. (1800-1900) Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel “wanderer, tall thin person” ((14-20 centuries)) |
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