early 14c., "covered with hair, rough, shaggy," from hair + -y (2). From 1848 in slang sense of "difficult," perhaps from the notion of "rugged, rough." Farmer calls this "Oxford slang." Related: Hairiness. For adjectives Old English had h?riht, h?re "hairy;" h?ren "of hair."
雙語例句
1. He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.
他穿著短褲，露出自己強壯多毛的長腿。
來自柯林斯例句
2. My daughter is just gaga over men with hairy chests.
我女兒就是癡迷于那些胸毛濃密的男子。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He bared his muscular, hairy chest for a women's magazine.