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。
• 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。
• She looked very weak, her black face gaunt and drawn.
  她看上去很虚弱，黑脸庞又瘦又憔悴。
• His gaunt, slightly stooping figure.
  他那骨瘦如柴、微微佝偻的身材。
• 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。
• 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。
• Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
  山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
• The limestone statue has gaunt cheeks and-most strikingly-a tipless nose.
  这尊用石灰岩雕成的人像有着瘦削的脸颊，而且，在脸上赫然可见的是一只没有鼻翼的鼻子。
• Suddenly a gaunt Derek pushes through the restaurant's door, looking like a punch-drunk boxer.
  突然间骨瘦如柴的Derek推开了餐馆的门，他看起来就像是一个饱受拳头蹂躏的拳击运动员。
• Weight loss, making her look gaunt and stringy, alternated with periods of puffiness and overweight.
  体重降低，使她面容憔悴，形同麻杆，间或也夹杂着阵阵虚胖和超重。