gaunt

英 [ɡɔːnt] 美 [ɡɔːnt]

• adj. 憔悴的；荒凉的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

   "emaciated bony hands"
   "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
   "eyes were haggard and cavernous"
   "small pinched faces"
   "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He has gaunt cheeks.
   他双颊消瘦。
2. The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck.
   老人消瘦而憔悴，脖颈上有些很深的皱纹。
3. The old house stood gaunt and empty, a complete ruin.
   那栋旧房子荒凉空洞地伫立着，像一堆废墟。

经典引文

• He was a tall man and gaunt to the point of emaciation.

  出自： J. Wainwright

近反义词

【近义词】

• lean 倾斜
• skinny 皮的
• thin 薄的
• scrawny 瘦的
• bony 如骨的
• lanky 瘦长的
• bleak 萧瑟的
• empty 空的
• blank 空白的
• desolate 荒凉的
• bloodless 无血色的
• meager 贫乏的
• lank 瘦的
• peaked 有遮檐的
• emaciated 瘦弱的
• skeletal 骨骼的
• haggard 憔悴的
• pinched 压紧的
• cadaverous 像尸体的
• wasted 浪费的