橘子朗文词典

gaunt

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ɡɔːnt]
  • 美式音标 [ɡɑːnt]
  • 国际音标 [ɡɔ:nt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 憔悴的；荒凉的；枯瘦的
  • n. (Gaunt)人名；(英)冈特

词根记忆

  • 和taunt(n./v.嘲弄)一起记：因被嘲弄(taunt)，所以憔悴(gaunt)

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    gauntness：瘦削；荒凉。

英汉例句

  • Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
    山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
  • 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.
  • 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。
  • Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
    山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
  • 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. ”

词组短语

    短语

  • daniel gaunt 人丹尼尔;丹尼尔;贡特;手丹尼尔
  • Merope Gaunt 梅洛普·冈特;梅洛普
  • John Gaunt 约翰·高特
  • Gaunt Ford 城市
  • Peter Gaunt 彼得根特

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If someone looks gaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried.
  • If you describe a building as gaunt, you mean it is very plain and unattractive.