early 13c., "rough, jagged" (figurative); 1570s, of landscape, "rough, rugged, stumpy;" 1610s, of persons, "gaunt and wasted, lean, thin, bony;" see scrag + -y (2), and compare scroggy, scraggly. In Scottish, scranky. Related: Scragginess.
雙語例句
1. women with scraggy necks
脖子干瘦的女人
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Most pathetic were their hairless neck, so long and clumsy , caning out like scraggy, disconcerted dragons.