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ropy    
a. 绳状的,成粘丝的,粘稠的,强健的

绳状的,成粘丝的,粘稠的,强健的

ropy
adj 1: of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
[synonym: {ropy}, {ropey}]
2: forming viscous or glutinous threads [synonym: {ropy}, {ropey},
{stringy}, {thready}]
3: (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a
ropey performance" [synonym: {ropey}, {ropy}]

Ropy \Rop"y\, a.
capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous
substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy
sirup; ropy lees.
[1913 Webster]

105 Moby Thesaurus words for "ropy":
adhesive, amylaceous, below par, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy,
cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive,
coriaceous, curdled, deficient, doughy, durable, fibered, fibroid,
fibrous, filamentous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gaumy,
gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose,
glutinous, gooey, gossamery, gristly, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike,
gumlike, gummous, gummy, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, heavy, ill,
inadequate, indifferent, inferior, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
jellylike, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, mediocre,
mucilaginous, out of sorts, pasty, poor, poorly, questionable,
resistant, rough, sickly, silky, sinewy, sketchy, slabby, slimy,
slithery, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, stringy, strong,
stubborn, substandard, syrupy, tacky, taeniate, taeniform,
tenacious, thick, thickened, threadlike, thready, tough,
tough as leather, tremelloid, tremellose, under the weather,
unsatisfactory, untiring, unwell, vigorous, viscid, viscose,
viscous, wiry


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  • How did ropey come to mean of poor quality?
    The OED (second edition) says the adjective ropy (ropey) comes from rope and the first meaning given is: 1 a forming or developing viscid, glutinous, or slimy threads; sticky and stringy The words "threads" and "stringy" clear evoke rope So far, so good Then follow quite a long string of examples where the word is always used in reference to unpleasant things, e g : 1480 Caxton Trevisa’s





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