moley

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of coconut curry from Madras. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — A moley is a dish that is very well known and much liked in all curry-eating countries; the recipe we give is for moley as prepared in Ceylon.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).
    — Although the snouts of moles twitch less than those of shrews, particularly elephant shrews, Dobson was enamoured of what he considered the more “moley” twitching of the snouts of moles.
  2. Having numerous moles (naevi)
    — Scalp naevi in children may be an early sign of being 'moley'. Patients with many moles tend to have a 'signature naevus'—i.e^([sic]) all their moles follow a pattern that is characteristic for that patient.

词形变化

more moley comparative most moley superlative moleys plural

词源

词源 1
From mole + -y.
词源 2
From Malay.
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