🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

拖着蓬松尾巴的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tuozhe pengsong weibade

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
bushy-tailed/ˈbʊʃi.teɪld/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"一只尾巴蓬松的松鼠在树枝间跳跃。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a thick, bushy tail.

    "A bushy-tailed squirrel scampered up the oak tree."
  2. 2

    Alert, energetic, and eager; bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

    "She was bright and bushy-tailed for the early morning meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Combined from bushy (having much bush or many bushes, or resembling a bush) and tailed (having a tail), originally describing animals like squirrels, later metaphorically used for energetic, bright-eyed people.

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