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

• Miss gaunt and certain teachers.
  冈特小姐和一些其他的老师。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had gaunt cheeks after his long illness.
  他久病后双颊瘦削。
• To cause to endure severe hunger. Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.
  使饥饿使遭受极度饥饿饥饿和忍受寒冷迫使这个徒步旅行者疲乏憔悴。
• The gaunt countenance and dynamic posture of Pavel Korchagin had kept emerging in front of his eyes.
  他的眼前不时浮现出保尔瘦削的脸颊和他生机勃勃的身姿。
• Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
  山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。