squally

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
    — On the eighth of February the winds grew ſtrong and ſqually, accompanied with rain and a north-weſt ſwell;[…].
  2. Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage. UK,obsolete
    — Red bird eyne (Primula veris flore rubro), and white bird eyne (albo), p. 784 , grow very plentifully in moist and squally grounds in the north parts of England, as in Harwood neere to Blackburn in Lancashire, and ten miles from Preston in Aundernesse, also at Crosby Rauenswaith, and Crag-close in Westmoreland.
  3. Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
    — Something whimpered in the room—high and squally.
  4. Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.
    — It is enacted, That if at any time after the first day of May, any cloth or kerſie, through the default or negligence of the carders, spinners or weavers, or any of them, shall or do prove pursy, cockly, bandy, squally or rowy by warp or woof, […]

词形变化

squallier comparative more squally comparative squalliest superlative most squally superlative squallier comparative more squally comparative squalliest superlative most squally superlative

词汇关系

近义词
squallish
衍生词
squalliness

词源

词源 1
From squall + -y; from 1719.
词源 2
Probably related to scall + -y.
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