gaunt
音標[g?:nt] 讀音漢語翻譯
a. 瘦削的, 憔悴的, 荒涼的
詞型變化:
名詞:gauntness 副詞:gauntly 形容詞比較級:gaunter 最高級:gauntest英文解釋:
形容詞 gaunt:
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold同義詞:bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
例句:
- Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.骨瘦如柴的身材又細又瘦,骨骼突出的
- The old house stood gaunt and empty, a complete ruin.
詳細解釋:
gaunt
adj.(形容詞)gaunt.er,gaunt.est Thin and bony; angular.See Synonyms at lean 2瘦弱的:瘦的,瘦骨嶙峋的;骨瘦如柴的參見 lean2Emaciated and haggard; drawn.消瘦的,憔悴的;細長的Bleak and desolate; barren.淒涼的,偏僻的;貧瘠的
來源:Middle English 中古英文 perhaps from Old French gant 可能源自 古法文 gant [possibly of Scandinavian origin] [可能源於斯堪的納維亞語]
【引伸】
gaunt.ly
adv.(副詞)gaunt.ness
n.(名詞)
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