gaunt

英 [ɡɔːnt]

美 [ɡɔːnt]

adj.  (常因疾病、饥饿或忧虑而)瘦削憔悴的; 寒碜的; 破败的

比较级：gaunter　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15556 / COCA.15460

牛津词典

adj.

• （常因疾病、饥饿或忧虑而）瘦削憔悴的
  very thin, usually because of illness, not having enough food, or worry
  1. a gaunt face
     憔悴的面容
• 寒碜的；破败的
  not attractive and without any decoration

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （因生病、焦虑等）瘦削的，憔悴的
  If someone looksgaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried.
  1. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
     他看起来消瘦而疲惫，却说没什么可担心的。
• ADJ-GRADED （建筑物）寒碜的，非常不起眼的，难看的
  If you describe a building asgaunt, you mean it is very plain and unattractive.
  1. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
     山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。

英英释义

adj

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  1. emaciated bony hands
  2. a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
  3. eyes were haggard and cavernous
  4. small pinched faces
  5. kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
  Synonym:bonycadaverousemaciatedhaggardpinchedskeletalwasted

双语例句

• The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck.
  这个老人瘦而憔悴，而且后脖子上有很深的皱纹。
• He was concentrating, his face strained and gaunt, as it had been for months.
  他全神贯注，面容憔悴，这已有好几个月了。
• He was a gaunt old man.
  他是一位瘦削的老人。
• At this point, John of Gaunt ordered him to be silent.
  在这一点上刚特人约翰曾下令命他缄口。
• A tall, gaunt man in armor, he has many comical adventures with his fat squire, Sancho Panza.
  又瘦又高的唐吉诃德身披铠甲，和他的胖随从桑科·潘萨经历了很多滑稽的探险。
• Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.
  饥饿和忍受寒冷迫使这个徒步旅行者疲乏憔悴。
• The eyes of the gaunt spectre darkened again, as they had in his youth.
  于是这瘦鬼的两眼又黯然出神，就同他年青时代的眼睛一样。
• Legend in the area spoke of small gaunt yellow faced men who came from the clouds long ago.
  该地传说谈到很久以前来自云中的瘦小憔悴黄色脸的人。
• Miss gaunt, you are, of course, aware of the problem.
  冈特小姐，相信你也意识到问题的严重性了。
• I am the king, lady gaunt. I confer precedence.
  我是国王，我有优先调动的权利。