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单词 emaciate
释义 ema·ci·ate
I. \ə̇ˈmāshēˌāt, ēˈ-, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e- + macies leanness, thinness, from macer lean, thin — more at meager
transitive verb
1. : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very lean
 < his sickness emaciated him >
2. : to make poor and weak or unattractive : attenuate
 < all extraneous light emaciated and shattered by the flare of gas and electricity — William Beebe >
 < consistency … is the hobgoblin of foolish nations. It emaciates a people's life — M.Y.Buch >
intransitive verb
: to waste away in body : become very lean
II. \-ēˌā]t, -ēə̇]t, usu ]d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Latin emaciatus
: emaciated
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