gangly是什么意思？

gangly

英['ɡæŋɡlɪ] 美['ɡæŋɡlɪ]

• adj. 身材瘦长的；

例句

• He remained a gangly, reticent figure hovering at the edge of our family life. 瘦高而沉默的他, 一直徘徊在我们家庭生活的边缘.
• At Monaco he had shown faith in a gangly, young striker called George Weah. 在摩纳哥他信任身材瘦小的年轻射手威赫.
• ...a gangly youth dressed in jeans and trainers. 穿着牛仔服和运动鞋、瘦高又笨拙的几个年轻人

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  瘦高而笨拙的
  If you describe someone as gangly, you mean that they are tall and thin and have a slightly awkward or clumsy manner.
  例句
  ...a gangly youth dressed in jeans and trainers. 穿着牛仔服和运动鞋、瘦高又笨拙的几个年轻人

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. tall and thin and having long slender limbs;
  "a gangling teenager""a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
  2. ungracefully tall and thin