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gaunt

音標[g?:nt] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 瘦削的, 憔悴的, 荒涼

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:

  1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    同義詞:bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

例句:

  1. Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.
    骨瘦如柴的身材又細又瘦,骨骼突出的
  2. The old house stood gaunt and empty, a complete ruin.
    那棟舊房子荒涼空洞地佇立著,像一堆廢墟

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 lean2
Emaciated and haggard; drawn.
消瘦的,憔悴的;細長的
Bleak and desolate; barren.
淒涼的,偏僻的;貧瘠

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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