单词 | lank |
释义 | lank (once / 3323 pages) adj Lank can describe grass that is long, hair that is limp, and people who are tall and thin. From the Old English hlanc (which is fun to say out loud), meaning loose and empty, lank is an adjective used to describe plant life which is long and slender, hair that hangs long and limp, and people who are long and slim. So you might hire a lank basketball player with lank hair to cut the grass when it’s lank. Or you might cut it yourself. WORD FAMILYlank: lanker, lankest, lankly USAGE EXAMPLESThe horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank And we – we got upsot. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) Diana Lank wanted to find the identity of an anonymous witness whose evidence helped to convict her son of murder. BBC(Dec 13, 2016) Dr Patrick Lank, a Northwestern Medicine assistant professor of emergency medicine in Chicago, said edemas are commonly seen in drug overdoses. BBC(Sep 30, 2016) 1adj long and thin and often limp grown lank with fasting lank mousy hair Syn long primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified 2adj long and lean Syn spindly lean, thin lacking excess flesh |
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