spindling meaning in English

adj.
纺锤形的；细长的。
n.
细长物；瘦高个子。

Big drops were dripping from a broken waterspout , and a ray of gaslight slipped from mme bron s window and cast a yellow glare over a patch of moss - clad pavement , over the base of a wall which had been rotted by water from a sink , over a whole cornerful of nameless filth amid which old pails and broken crocks lay in fine confusion round a spindling tree growing mildewed in its pot
大滴大滴的水珠从水管的裂缝中滴下来。一道煤气灯的灯光从布太太的窗子里射进来，把一段长了苔藓的路面一段被厨房的排水沟的污水侵蚀了的墙根及整个堆满了垃圾的角落映成了黄色，垃圾中有旧水桶和破坛碎罐，一口破锅内竟然长出了一棵瘦小的卫矛。