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gaunt

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adj.憔悴的

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gaunt为短语/超纲词汇

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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 face
literary a building, mountain etc that is gaunt looks very plain and unpleasant
 a gaunt cathedral
>gauntnessn[U]