gaunt
美音:
[gɔnt
]英音:
[gɔnt
]adj.憔悴的
难易程度:
gaunt为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:gauntness 副词:gauntly 形容词比较级:gaunter 最高级:gauntest
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gaunt
/gɔ:nt; ˇɔnt/ adj
1 (of a person) made exceptionally thin by hunger or illness; haggard (指人)(因饥饿或疾病)憔悴的, 骨瘦如柴的
*the gaunt face of a starving man 饿汉憔悴的面容.
2 (of a place) bare; desolate (指地方)不毛的, 荒凉的
*the gaunt landscape of the moon 月球上荒凉的景色.
gaunt
adj[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Perhaps from a
Scandinavian language]
very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry
=
drawn the old man's gaunt faceliterary a building, mountain etc that is gaunt looks very plain and unpleasant
a gaunt cathedral>gauntnessn[U]