单词 | gaunt |
释义 | gaunt (gônt) adj. gaunt·er, gaunt·est 1. Thin or emaciated: "Her smile took up ever more of her increasingly gaunt face" (Lindsey Crittenden). See Synonyms at lean2. 2. Bleak or desolate: "She walked along fast ... scared of ... the few shadowy people and the old gaunt houses with their wide inky doorways" (John Dos Passos). [Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.] gauntly adv. gauntness n. |
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