witch-ridden

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Thin and weak; (figuratively) thinly populated.
    — Even the chickens on their roosts were witch-ridden,[…]

词源

Originally used to describe horses that remained thin and did not thrive despite feeding, from the notion in folklore that witches rode (and tired out) such horses at night.
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