weedy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Abounding with weeds.
    — weedy grounds
  2. Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
    — The wild rice has a peculiar weedy, smoky flavor, but if properly cooked is very delicious.
  3. Consisting of weeds.
    — There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds Clamb’ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook.
  4. Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
    — a weedy species
  5. Small and weak. figuratively
    — a weedy lad
  6. Lacking power or effectiveness. Ireland,UK,figuratively,informal
    — a weedy excuse

词形变化

weedier comparative weediest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
weedily weediness weedy hawksbeard weedy sea dragon

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *weud
Old English wēod
Middle English weed
English weed
English -y
English weedy
From weed + -y.
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