Definition of wiry in English:

wiry

adjectivewiriest, wirier ˈwʌɪəriˈwaɪ(ə)ri

1Resembling wire in form and texture.
金属丝状的；金属丝质地的
his wiry black hair
他那硬直的黑发。
Example sentencesExamples
- She was pale, late thirties or so, with dark wiry hair spiked straight up in a tall, scary crew cut, and tawny skin.
- Offering her an encouraging smile, he hurried over to a large man with white hair, and a wiry grey moustache.
- He had short, wiry brown hair, most of which was covered by the hat he wore.
- Her wiry gray hair curled from beneath the edges of a blue kerchief and a colorful fringed shawl draped over her shoulders.
- He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face.
- The man was a little shorter than him with wiry black hair that was graying at his temples.
- Ingrown hairs and razor bumps happen when hair is cut beneath surface level or is wiry or curly.
- He was incredibly short, fat and stocky, with a tuft of balding, wiry hair sticking straight up as if he'd just clambered out of bed.
- Beneath the table his feet are doing their own private dance, while the wiry hair that crowns his angular, mercurial features is a buzz of static feedback.
- His dark eyes sparkled with life and amusement from the mass of black wiry hair that covered his face.
- She looked pretty similar to Amanda, except she had long wiry looking auburn-red hair tied into 2 bunches.
- She settled into her bedroll and ran a slender hand through the mass of wiry black hair atop her head, pulling it back into a ponytail.
- Her brown eyes are intelligent and searching and her long wiry dark hair has been cut into a short pixie-style cut and dyed honey brown.
- At sixty-seven, van Itallie is slight and wiry, with white hair and sharp blue eyes and a manner that is both brusque and warm.
- He had dark brown wiry hair, stubble over his lower face and a deep scar under his left eye.
- It shows a woman with a tall, intelligent face, straggly wiry hair and very long fingers held up and covering one eye.
- She shook her head so hard that a wiry black curl fell into her face, and she hurriedly pushed it behind her ear.
- Suds from the soapy sponge he used to clean the floor clung to his sleeves and nestled in his wiry black hair.
- Ma Dubois is in her late seventies: old and wrinkled with a blue frock, a Brillo pad of wiry grey hair and a pair of thick horn-rimmed glasses.
- From this angle, they look similar - the hawk nose, the wiry straight hair, the deep-set gray eyes.
Synonyms
coarse, rough, stiff, tough, strong
curly, wavy
1. 1.1 (of a person) lean, tough, and sinewy.
  （人）瘦而结实的，强壮的
  Bernadette was a small, wiry woman
  伯纳黛特是个精瘦结实的小个儿女人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The wiry woman released a heaving sigh and motioned towards the small stool.
  The deputy, who is a small, wiry man with long whiskers that stick out from his face in disarray, turns to look up at the hotel.
  Joe was slim and wiry, with blue eyes and rather pinched features.
  Would I ever get to see his tall, wiry frame, blue eyes, dark hair, or friendly smile again?
  He was wiry, pleasant looking man with an air of learning about him.
  A diminutive, wiry figure, he sits, smoking roll-ups and nursing a cup of black coffee, in the corner of his ground floor study in north London.
  It parked, and a wiry, balding fellow of about forty got out and stood, hands on hips, observing the site he'd selected.
  The wiry guard cast a suspicious look throughout the room.
  He was wiry but compact, like a spring wound so tight it's ready to pop.
  He is wiry, bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders.
  He was a small, spare, wiry man, highly intelligent, with unusual gifts of persuasion and leadership.
  I turned around to face him, doing everything I could not to gawk at his lean, wiry figure.
  He stands up, revealing a pair of skimpy black briefs and the wiry body of somebody in their twenties: no fat, no sag, no wrinkles.
  He was probably in his mid fifties, with wiry build and silver hair.
  One is a wiry, intense Chicagoan, the other a languid, slow-talking Southerner.
  Half an hour later, a fit-looking wiry man with a pleasant smile has joined us.
  A thin wiry man was sitting at the counter, downing a bottle of beer.
  She was as wiry as a trimmed olive branch, and just as dark.
  His father shakes my hand with an unusually strong grip for a short, wiry man in his seventies.
  That frail, scrawny, wiry physique of his, observed in a football strip from 50 yards away in a press-box, only told half the story.
  Synonyms
  sinewy, strong, tough, athletic
  lean, spare, thin, stringy, skinny
  literary thewy

Derivatives

wirily

adverb

He is wirily built, with deep, twinkling blue eyes and a shimmering midnight blue robe.
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet he only smiled wirily, and handed me the bike.

wiriness

noun ˈwʌɪərɪnəsˈwaɪ(ə)rinəs

The Englishman, also 22 years of age, seemed broader, taller, his muscles more pronounced and his expression meaner, next to Simpson's pallid wiriness.
Example sentencesExamples
- The texture of abandoned fields and fencerows is imparted mainly by the cluttered verticality of grassblades, and the scrawny wiriness of tough-stemmed, small-leafed weeds.
- And he did have a certain taut yet supple wiriness to him, making him look athletic and pretty ‘capable’.
- But there was a residual wiriness, as he sat, a strength remaining from a lifetime of vigorous activity in nature.
- She was a rather tall, very pale woman of about sixty, who somehow gave the impression of being small, and whose spareness of build was without the wiriness supposed to accompany it.

Rhymes

diary, enquiry, expiry, fiery, friary, inquiry, miry, priory, spiry

Definition of wiry in US English:

wiry

adjectiveˈwaɪ(ə)riˈwī(ə)rē

1Resembling wire in form and texture.
金属丝状的；金属丝质地的
his wiry black hair
他那硬直的黑发。
Example sentencesExamples
- He had dark brown wiry hair, stubble over his lower face and a deep scar under his left eye.
- She was pale, late thirties or so, with dark wiry hair spiked straight up in a tall, scary crew cut, and tawny skin.
- It shows a woman with a tall, intelligent face, straggly wiry hair and very long fingers held up and covering one eye.
- He was incredibly short, fat and stocky, with a tuft of balding, wiry hair sticking straight up as if he'd just clambered out of bed.
- The man was a little shorter than him with wiry black hair that was graying at his temples.
- From this angle, they look similar - the hawk nose, the wiry straight hair, the deep-set gray eyes.
- Her wiry gray hair curled from beneath the edges of a blue kerchief and a colorful fringed shawl draped over her shoulders.
- She shook her head so hard that a wiry black curl fell into her face, and she hurriedly pushed it behind her ear.
- Offering her an encouraging smile, he hurried over to a large man with white hair, and a wiry grey moustache.
- Ingrown hairs and razor bumps happen when hair is cut beneath surface level or is wiry or curly.
- At sixty-seven, van Itallie is slight and wiry, with white hair and sharp blue eyes and a manner that is both brusque and warm.
- Beneath the table his feet are doing their own private dance, while the wiry hair that crowns his angular, mercurial features is a buzz of static feedback.
- Her brown eyes are intelligent and searching and her long wiry dark hair has been cut into a short pixie-style cut and dyed honey brown.
- She looked pretty similar to Amanda, except she had long wiry looking auburn-red hair tied into 2 bunches.
- He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face.
- His dark eyes sparkled with life and amusement from the mass of black wiry hair that covered his face.
- Ma Dubois is in her late seventies: old and wrinkled with a blue frock, a Brillo pad of wiry grey hair and a pair of thick horn-rimmed glasses.
- Suds from the soapy sponge he used to clean the floor clung to his sleeves and nestled in his wiry black hair.
- He had short, wiry brown hair, most of which was covered by the hat he wore.
- She settled into her bedroll and ran a slender hand through the mass of wiry black hair atop her head, pulling it back into a ponytail.
Synonyms
coarse, rough, stiff, tough, strong
1. 1.1 (of a person) lean, tough, and sinewy.
  （人）瘦而结实的，强壮的
  Bernadette was a small, wiry woman
  伯纳黛特是个精瘦结实的小个儿女人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Half an hour later, a fit-looking wiry man with a pleasant smile has joined us.
  His father shakes my hand with an unusually strong grip for a short, wiry man in his seventies.
  She was as wiry as a trimmed olive branch, and just as dark.
  The wiry woman released a heaving sigh and motioned towards the small stool.
  One is a wiry, intense Chicagoan, the other a languid, slow-talking Southerner.
  He is wiry, bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders.
  I turned around to face him, doing everything I could not to gawk at his lean, wiry figure.
  He was wiry, pleasant looking man with an air of learning about him.
  The deputy, who is a small, wiry man with long whiskers that stick out from his face in disarray, turns to look up at the hotel.
  He was probably in his mid fifties, with wiry build and silver hair.
  A thin wiry man was sitting at the counter, downing a bottle of beer.
  The wiry guard cast a suspicious look throughout the room.
  He was wiry but compact, like a spring wound so tight it's ready to pop.
  He stands up, revealing a pair of skimpy black briefs and the wiry body of somebody in their twenties: no fat, no sag, no wrinkles.
  Joe was slim and wiry, with blue eyes and rather pinched features.
  A diminutive, wiry figure, he sits, smoking roll-ups and nursing a cup of black coffee, in the corner of his ground floor study in north London.
  It parked, and a wiry, balding fellow of about forty got out and stood, hands on hips, observing the site he'd selected.
  That frail, scrawny, wiry physique of his, observed in a football strip from 50 yards away in a press-box, only told half the story.
  Would I ever get to see his tall, wiry frame, blue eyes, dark hair, or friendly smile again?
  He was a small, spare, wiry man, highly intelligent, with unusual gifts of persuasion and leadership.
  Synonyms
  sinewy, strong, tough, athletic

词汇	wiry
释义	Definition of wiry in English: wiry adjectivewiriest, wirier ˈwʌɪəriˈwaɪ(ə)ri 1Resembling wire in form and texture. 金属丝状的；金属丝质地的 his wiry black hair 他那硬直的黑发。 Example sentencesExamples She was pale, late thirties or so, with dark wiry hair spiked straight up in a tall, scary crew cut, and tawny skin. Offering her an encouraging smile, he hurried over to a large man with white hair, and a wiry grey moustache. He had short, wiry brown hair, most of which was covered by the hat he wore. Her wiry gray hair curled from beneath the edges of a blue kerchief and a colorful fringed shawl draped over her shoulders. He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face. The man was a little shorter than him with wiry black hair that was graying at his temples. Ingrown hairs and razor bumps happen when hair is cut beneath surface level or is wiry or curly. He was incredibly short, fat and stocky, with a tuft of balding, wiry hair sticking straight up as if he'd just clambered out of bed. Beneath the table his feet are doing their own private dance, while the wiry hair that crowns his angular, mercurial features is a buzz of static feedback. His dark eyes sparkled with life and amusement from the mass of black wiry hair that covered his face. She looked pretty similar to Amanda, except she had long wiry looking auburn-red hair tied into 2 bunches. She settled into her bedroll and ran a slender hand through the mass of wiry black hair atop her head, pulling it back into a ponytail. Her brown eyes are intelligent and searching and her long wiry dark hair has been cut into a short pixie-style cut and dyed honey brown. At sixty-seven, van Itallie is slight and wiry, with white hair and sharp blue eyes and a manner that is both brusque and warm. He had dark brown wiry hair, stubble over his lower face and a deep scar under his left eye. It shows a woman with a tall, intelligent face, straggly wiry hair and very long fingers held up and covering one eye. She shook her head so hard that a wiry black curl fell into her face, and she hurriedly pushed it behind her ear. Suds from the soapy sponge he used to clean the floor clung to his sleeves and nestled in his wiry black hair. Ma Dubois is in her late seventies: old and wrinkled with a blue frock, a Brillo pad of wiry grey hair and a pair of thick horn-rimmed glasses. From this angle, they look similar - the hawk nose, the wiry straight hair, the deep-set gray eyes. Synonyms coarse, rough, stiff, tough, strong curly, wavy 1.1 (of a person) lean, tough, and sinewy. （人）瘦而结实的，强壮的 Bernadette was a small, wiry woman 伯纳黛特是个精瘦结实的小个儿女人。 Example sentencesExamples The wiry woman released a heaving sigh and motioned towards the small stool. The deputy, who is a small, wiry man with long whiskers that stick out from his face in disarray, turns to look up at the hotel. Joe was slim and wiry, with blue eyes and rather pinched features. Would I ever get to see his tall, wiry frame, blue eyes, dark hair, or friendly smile again? He was wiry, pleasant looking man with an air of learning about him. A diminutive, wiry figure, he sits, smoking roll-ups and nursing a cup of black coffee, in the corner of his ground floor study in north London. It parked, and a wiry, balding fellow of about forty got out and stood, hands on hips, observing the site he'd selected. The wiry guard cast a suspicious look throughout the room. He was wiry but compact, like a spring wound so tight it's ready to pop. He is wiry, bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders. He was a small, spare, wiry man, highly intelligent, with unusual gifts of persuasion and leadership. I turned around to face him, doing everything I could not to gawk at his lean, wiry figure. He stands up, revealing a pair of skimpy black briefs and the wiry body of somebody in their twenties: no fat, no sag, no wrinkles. He was probably in his mid fifties, with wiry build and silver hair. One is a wiry, intense Chicagoan, the other a languid, slow-talking Southerner. Half an hour later, a fit-looking wiry man with a pleasant smile has joined us. A thin wiry man was sitting at the counter, downing a bottle of beer. She was as wiry as a trimmed olive branch, and just as dark. His father shakes my hand with an unusually strong grip for a short, wiry man in his seventies. That frail, scrawny, wiry physique of his, observed in a football strip from 50 yards away in a press-box, only told half the story. Synonyms sinewy, strong, tough, athletic lean, spare, thin, stringy, skinny literary thewy Derivatives wirily adverb He is wirily built, with deep, twinkling blue eyes and a shimmering midnight blue robe. Example sentencesExamples Yet he only smiled wirily, and handed me the bike. wiriness noun ˈwʌɪərɪnəsˈwaɪ(ə)rinəs The Englishman, also 22 years of age, seemed broader, taller, his muscles more pronounced and his expression meaner, next to Simpson's pallid wiriness. Example sentencesExamples The texture of abandoned fields and fencerows is imparted mainly by the cluttered verticality of grassblades, and the scrawny wiriness of tough-stemmed, small-leafed weeds. And he did have a certain taut yet supple wiriness to him, making him look athletic and pretty ‘capable’. But there was a residual wiriness, as he sat, a strength remaining from a lifetime of vigorous activity in nature. She was a rather tall, very pale woman of about sixty, who somehow gave the impression of being small, and whose spareness of build was without the wiriness supposed to accompany it. Rhymes diary, enquiry, expiry, fiery, friary, inquiry, miry, priory, spiry Definition of wiry in US English: wiry adjectiveˈwaɪ(ə)riˈwī(ə)rē 1Resembling wire in form and texture. 金属丝状的；金属丝质地的 his wiry black hair 他那硬直的黑发。 Example sentencesExamples He had dark brown wiry hair, stubble over his lower face and a deep scar under his left eye. She was pale, late thirties or so, with dark wiry hair spiked straight up in a tall, scary crew cut, and tawny skin. It shows a woman with a tall, intelligent face, straggly wiry hair and very long fingers held up and covering one eye. He was incredibly short, fat and stocky, with a tuft of balding, wiry hair sticking straight up as if he'd just clambered out of bed. The man was a little shorter than him with wiry black hair that was graying at his temples. From this angle, they look similar - the hawk nose, the wiry straight hair, the deep-set gray eyes. Her wiry gray hair curled from beneath the edges of a blue kerchief and a colorful fringed shawl draped over her shoulders. She shook her head so hard that a wiry black curl fell into her face, and she hurriedly pushed it behind her ear. Offering her an encouraging smile, he hurried over to a large man with white hair, and a wiry grey moustache. Ingrown hairs and razor bumps happen when hair is cut beneath surface level or is wiry or curly. At sixty-seven, van Itallie is slight and wiry, with white hair and sharp blue eyes and a manner that is both brusque and warm. Beneath the table his feet are doing their own private dance, while the wiry hair that crowns his angular, mercurial features is a buzz of static feedback. Her brown eyes are intelligent and searching and her long wiry dark hair has been cut into a short pixie-style cut and dyed honey brown. She looked pretty similar to Amanda, except she had long wiry looking auburn-red hair tied into 2 bunches. He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face. His dark eyes sparkled with life and amusement from the mass of black wiry hair that covered his face. Ma Dubois is in her late seventies: old and wrinkled with a blue frock, a Brillo pad of wiry grey hair and a pair of thick horn-rimmed glasses. Suds from the soapy sponge he used to clean the floor clung to his sleeves and nestled in his wiry black hair. He had short, wiry brown hair, most of which was covered by the hat he wore. She settled into her bedroll and ran a slender hand through the mass of wiry black hair atop her head, pulling it back into a ponytail. Synonyms coarse, rough, stiff, tough, strong 1.1 (of a person) lean, tough, and sinewy. （人）瘦而结实的，强壮的 Bernadette was a small, wiry woman 伯纳黛特是个精瘦结实的小个儿女人。 Example sentencesExamples Half an hour later, a fit-looking wiry man with a pleasant smile has joined us. His father shakes my hand with an unusually strong grip for a short, wiry man in his seventies. She was as wiry as a trimmed olive branch, and just as dark. The wiry woman released a heaving sigh and motioned towards the small stool. One is a wiry, intense Chicagoan, the other a languid, slow-talking Southerner. He is wiry, bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders. I turned around to face him, doing everything I could not to gawk at his lean, wiry figure. He was wiry, pleasant looking man with an air of learning about him. The deputy, who is a small, wiry man with long whiskers that stick out from his face in disarray, turns to look up at the hotel. He was probably in his mid fifties, with wiry build and silver hair. A thin wiry man was sitting at the counter, downing a bottle of beer. The wiry guard cast a suspicious look throughout the room. He was wiry but compact, like a spring wound so tight it's ready to pop. He stands up, revealing a pair of skimpy black briefs and the wiry body of somebody in their twenties: no fat, no sag, no wrinkles. Joe was slim and wiry, with blue eyes and rather pinched features. A diminutive, wiry figure, he sits, smoking roll-ups and nursing a cup of black coffee, in the corner of his ground floor study in north London. It parked, and a wiry, balding fellow of about forty got out and stood, hands on hips, observing the site he'd selected. That frail, scrawny, wiry physique of his, observed in a football strip from 50 yards away in a press-box, only told half the story. Would I ever get to see his tall, wiry frame, blue eyes, dark hair, or friendly smile again? He was a small, spare, wiry man, highly intelligent, with unusual gifts of persuasion and leadership. Synonyms sinewy, strong, tough, athletic
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