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scrannel是什么意思

scrannel

英 ['skrænəl] 美
  • adj. 刺耳的,难听的;微弱的

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scrannel (adj.)
"thin, meager," 1630s; any modern use traces to Milton ("Lycidas," 124), who may have invented it out of dialectal scranny (see scrawny). Or it might be from a Scandinavian source akin to Norwegian skran "rubbish." Compare English dialectal and Scottish skran "scraps, broken victuals; refuse," in military slang "food."

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