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
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- a gaunt face
憔悴的面容
- a gaunt face
- 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.- 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。
- Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
- 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.- Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
- Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
英英释义
adj
- 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
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。 - He was a gaunt old man.
他是一位瘦削的老人。 - The eyes of the gaunt spectre darkened again, as they had in his youth.
于是这瘦鬼的两眼又黯然出神,就同他年青时代的眼睛一样。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.
饥饿和忍受寒冷迫使这个徒步旅行者疲乏憔悴。 - 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。 - 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。