中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.瘦削的，憔悴的。
2.萧瑟的，荒凉的。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

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"
同义词：bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted,

例句与用法

His gaunt face seemed paler than before .
他那憔悴的脸似乎显得比以前更苍白了。

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。

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。

Athene's horse stood grim and gaunt and motionless beside the temple wall .
阿西妮的马凶恶地、吓人地、一动不动地立在庙墙旁边。

The gaunt man said gloomily, "it's always all right; that's our trouble. "
瘦男人消沉地说：“每回都很顺利，这就是我们的麻烦。”

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。

She does not eat, she never mentions louis, and she looks gaunt and haunted .
她不吃东西，始终不提路易斯，人显得瘦削憔悴，若有所思。

A little further on i caught sight of yet another human being, a tall gaunt old woman in cap and shawl .
再往前走，我又看到一个人，一个头戴帽子、肩围披肩、面容憔悴的高个子老年妇女。

In about seven or eight minutes he reached a small shabby house that was wedged in between two gaunt factories .
大约七、八分钟以后他来到一所寒伧的小房子面前，这栋房子嵌在两家形状可怖的工厂中间。

He was a tall gaunt man with blackrimmed spectacles and the mute and patient look of an overdriven mule .
他是一个瘦高个子，戴着一副黑边眼镜，他那一声不响，逆来顺受的样子看去很象一头累垮了的骡子。