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词汇 whippy
语种 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译
释义 whippy
adjective
uk /ˈwɪp.i/ us /ˈwɪp.i/

whippyadjective (OF MOVEMENT)


moving or being able to move backwards and forwards quickly :
The sea creature has a whippy tail that helps it propel swiftly through the water.
As we squeezed our way through the hedge, we were poked by the twigs of whippy little saplings.
Synonym
flexible
A sucker is a vigorous, whippy shoot that emerges from under the ground or from the roots.
She collected a bundle of thin, whippy twigs from the ground.
The bowler has a whippy action and a powerful delivery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Backwards, sideways and back and forth
anticlockwise
back and forthidiom
back to frontphrase
backward
backwardly
hither and thitheridiom
laterad
lateral
laterally
libration
reverse
round
saw
stand
step
step aside
swept-back
take someone aside
there and backidiom
wrong

whippyadjective (THIN)


thin:
He had a lean, whippy look and a brown, lined face.
He was younger, whippier, and less predictable than his friend.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Thin and fine
attenuate
attenuated
attenuation
delicate
elongated
hairline
leanly
narrow
narrowness
paper-thin
papery
slender
slimline
slimness
super-thin
superfine
tenuity
thinly
ultra-thin
wispily

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