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 had gaunt cheeks after his long illness.
  他久病后双颊瘦削。
• His face was pale and gaunt.
  他的面容苍白而憔悴。
• 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。
• He goes to the reservation desk. there's a gaunt woman behind the desk.
  他朝前台走去。台后站着一位瘦瘦的女人。
• I just sized up the short and gaunt guy in front of me.
  我仔细地打量着眼前这个骨瘦如柴的家伙。
• The old inhabitant who answered was a tall, gaunt woman.
  这个答话的本地老住户是一个高个儿，瘦身材的女人。
• She hadn't sleep all the night, so she looked gaunt though she made up.
  由于她整晚没睡，化了妆也觉得很憔悴。
• 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。
• Chu clutched Bethune's hand, his gaunt face covered with emotion.
  徐紧紧抓住白求恩的手，瘦瘦的脸上充满了感情。