gaunt
英 [gɔːnt]
美
- adj. 憔悴的；荒凉的；枯瘦的
- n. (Gaunt)人名；(英)冈特
助记提示
1. 鬼阿姨.
2. g (考G, GRE) + aunt => 考GRE把姑姑折腾得憔悴不已。
3. GRE单词很难、很变态，真是为GRE(伊)消得人憔悴。
4. gaunt 告姑姑—》憔悴。
5. 这里用联想：瘦骨嶙峋之人，浑身棱角分明，该词音似词根gon（角），同根词如：trigon（三角形）、diagonal（对角线）、perigon（周角）等。还可以使用中文联想：gaunt谐音“甘地”，从照片看来，圣雄甘地身形较为瘦弱。
6. 谐音“干特”---特别的“干瘪瘪的”----瘦削的；憔悴的。
中文词源
gaunt 瘦削憔悴的词源不详。可能来自gander, 公鹅，用来形容瘦高个的人。
英文词源
- gaunt (adj.)
- "lean and haggard," from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].
双语例句
- 1. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
- 山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I cannot read what I have written with this gaunt hand.
- 我无法读我这只瘦骨嶙峋的手写下的文字.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- 3. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
- 他看起来消瘦而疲惫，却说没什么可担心的。
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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. ”
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句