| 单词 | gaunt |
| 释义 | gaunt (gɔːnt ) 1. adjective If someone looks gaunt, 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. Synonyms: thin, lean, skinny, skeletal 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a building as gaunt, you mean it is very plain and unattractive. [literary] Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house. Synonyms: bleak, bare, harsh, forbidding Collocations: gaunt face A gaunt face staring up from the pillow, its lines of age contrasting bizarrely with the jet-black of her dyed hair. NIGHT SISTERS (2001) When the snows came, I found work with a forest ranger, a man with a gaunt face and steely eyes. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE His new gaunt face caused a much wider public to worry about his health. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 憔悴的 Japanese: やせ衰えた |
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