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).
权威例句
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。
2. a weedy little man
瘦弱矮小的男子
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。
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.
5. Any of several weedy plants of the genera Mercurialis or Acalypha.