sievish

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a sieve: unretentive. figuratively,rare
    — Perhaps I have a frighteningly sievish memory, but I’ll be damned if I can flip a folded chart back and forth and remember exactly what was on the other side.

词形变化

more sievish comparative most sievish superlative

词源

Formed as sieve + -ish. Compare memory like a sieve.
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