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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 wiry /ˈwaɪri/
 (a.)金屬線制的,鐵絲似的,瘦長結實的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wir·y a.
 1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
 2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.  “A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense.”
    He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness.   --Hawthorne.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wiry
      adj : lean and sinewy [syn: stringy]
      [also: wiriest, wirier]