gaunt的读音 gaunt中文意思

英音 [ɡɔ:nt]

美音 [ɡɔnt]

adj. 憔悴的；骨瘦如柴的；荒凉的
n. 憔悴，荒凉
易混淆的单词： Gaunt

中文词源

gaunt 瘦削憔悴的

词源不详。可能来自gander, 公鹅，用来形容瘦高个的人。

gaunt 用法和例句

But he is gaunt still .: 但他现在仍然很憔悴。

Oleg shein may appear gaunt and wobbly , but his voice is buoyant .: 欧列格薛恩貌似憔悴、虚弱，但是他的呼声很有力。

We know we 're gaunt , our hair is falling out in clumps , our colostomy bag needs emptying .: 我们知道自己看起来很憔悴，我们的头发成簇的掉落，我们的结肠需要清洗。

Mr. jobs went on medical leave from apple in january , and has appeared gaunt at public events since then .: 乔布斯从1月开始休病假，并且自那以后出席公开活动时都显得很憔悴。

And although he appears to have beaten the cancer , he shocked investors last year by mounting a stage looking sickly and gaunt .: 虽然他似乎击败了癌症，但去年的一次登台他看起来很虚弱和憔悴，使得投资者们感到震惊。

汉语翻译

a. 瘦削的, 憔悴的, 荒凉的

词型变化

名词:gauntness 副词:gauntly 形容词比较级:gaunter 最高级:gauntest

英语解释

形容词 gaunt:

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold同义词：bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

例句

Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.骨瘦如柴的身材又细又瘦，骨骼突出的
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。

详细解释

gaunt
adj.（形容词）gaunt.er,gaunt.est Thin and bony; angular.See Synonyms at lean 2瘦弱的：瘦的，瘦骨嶙峋的；骨瘦如柴的参见 lean2Emaciated and haggard; drawn.消瘦的，憔悴的；细长的Bleak and desolate; barren.凄凉的，偏僻的；贫瘠的
来源：Middle English 中古英语 perhaps from Old French gant 可能源自古法语 gant [possibly of Scandinavian origin] [可能源于斯堪的纳维亚语]
【引伸】
gaunt.ly
adv.（副词）gaunt.ness
n.（名词）

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