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单词 leathery
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Definition of leathery in English:

leathery

adjective ˈlɛð(ə)riˈlɛð(ə)ri
  • Having a tough, hard texture like leather.

    似皮革的,坚韧的

    brown, leathery skin

    褐色、像皮革似的皮肤。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The adult shell is covered by a thick, smooth, leathery skin.
    • The leathery sheet object is excellent in water repellency and water resistance in sections formed by cutting.
    • This helps to explain why skin often looks and feels more leathery as we age.
    • Once your plant has gotten to the point of being limp, leathery, and wrinkled, reviving the plant is usually a long process and often unsuccessful.
    • An is quite common and presents as a symmetric brown-black thickening of the skin that gradually becomes leathery or velvety in appearance.
    • At baseline and at 1 month, the lesions were clinically assessed as soft, leathery or hard.
    Synonyms
    rough, rugged, wrinkled, wrinkly, furrowed, lined, wizened, weather-beaten, callous, hard, hardened, thickened, gnarled, leather-like
    technical coriaceous
    tough, hard, hardened, fibrous, gristly, chewy, sinewy, stringy, leather-like
    technical coriaceous

Derivatives

  • leatheriness

  • noun
    • The cigar drives home the nuttiness of the liquor and picks up leatheriness in the bargain.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then a sharper leatheriness takes over and the whole thing wraps up a meaty finish with some peppery spice.
      • Not infrequently he is criticized for opaqueness or leatheriness in his paint, for a want of luminosity and charm in his colour; here there is no trace of these defects.
      • The palate is warm, herby and spicy with a nice leatheriness and good acidity.
      • Wrinkling, yellowing, leatheriness, mottling and hyperpigmentation are all associated with sun damage.

Rhymes

feathery, heathery

Definition of leathery in US English:

leathery

adjectiveˈleT͟H(ə)rēˈlɛð(ə)ri
  • Having a tough, hard texture.

    似皮革的,坚韧的

    brown, leathery skin

    褐色、像皮革似的皮肤。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An is quite common and presents as a symmetric brown-black thickening of the skin that gradually becomes leathery or velvety in appearance.
    • At baseline and at 1 month, the lesions were clinically assessed as soft, leathery or hard.
    • The adult shell is covered by a thick, smooth, leathery skin.
    • Once your plant has gotten to the point of being limp, leathery, and wrinkled, reviving the plant is usually a long process and often unsuccessful.
    • This helps to explain why skin often looks and feels more leathery as we age.
    • The leathery sheet object is excellent in water repellency and water resistance in sections formed by cutting.
    Synonyms
    rough, rugged, wrinkled, wrinkly, furrowed, lined, wizened, weather-beaten, callous, hard, hardened, thickened, gnarled, leather-like
    tough, hard, hardened, fibrous, gristly, chewy, sinewy, stringy, leather-like
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