🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

毛茸茸的

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: máo róng róng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shaggy/ˈʃæɡ.i/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #7500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"那只狗有一身毛茸茸的皮毛。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having long, rough, and untidy hair, fur, or fibers.

    "The dog came back from the woods with a shaggy coat full of burrs."
  2. 2

    Rough and uneven in texture or surface appearance.

    "They walked across the shaggy lawn that was overgrown after weeks of rain."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'shaggie', stemming from Old English 'sceacga' meaning a shock of hair or beard, related to Old Norse 'skegg' (beard). Over centuries, the meaning expanded from describing coarse, rough hair or fur to anything tangled, rough, or unkempt in texture or appearance.

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