early 15c., from weed + -y (2). In old slang, in reference to horses, "not of good blood or strength, scraggy, worthless for breeding or racing," from 1800; hence, of persons, "thin and weakly" (1852).
雙語例句
1. Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.
我們僅能依稀辨出橋下一條雜草叢生的窄溝。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a weedy little man
瘦弱矮小的男子
來自《權威詞典》
3. The car was parked in the small weedy lot next to the hotel.
轎車停在緊挨旅館的一小塊草地上。
來自柯林斯例句
4. His dramatic acting style and weedy humor delighted the audience.
觀眾對他戲劇性的表演形式和詼諧幽默感很欣賞.
來自互聯網
5. Any of several weedy plants of the genera Mercurialis or Acalypha.