206. Spindly - C2 English Adjectives - Spindly / Spindle

Spindly : 가늘고 긴, 막대기 같은, (부서질것 같이 약해보이는) 홀쭉하고 긴

Spindle :  (회전하는 기계의 일부) 축, 회전축, (기계의)축

 

It means long and thin, it looks quite weak

The plant didn't have a lot of light and the stem was very spindly 

Spindly legs, somebody with spindly legs, rather spidery

Disproportionately tall or long ,rather thin, it looks flimsy and frail

The chair looke a bit wobbly, a flimsy, it might break very easily

It's thin and elongated

 

A spindle is part of spinning machine

Spin the spindle

it nomally use it as thought of part of a spinning wheel

It's like a rod that goes round and round, it's normally long and thin

Spindle is a part of a machine that goes round and round and round

I can't tune my radio anymore because the spindle for a dial is broken

 

 

Formality : 5 

 

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