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).
双语例句
1. Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.
我们仅能依稀辨出桥下一条杂草丛生的窄沟。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a weedy little man
瘦弱矮小的男子
来自《权威词典》
3. The car was parked in the small weedy lot next to the hotel.
轿车停在紧挨旅馆的一小块草地上。
来自柯林斯例句
4. His dramatic acting style and weedy humor delighted the audience.
观众对他戏剧性的表演形式和诙谐幽默感很欣赏.
来自互联网
5. Any of several weedy plants of the genera Mercurialis or Acalypha.
