gaunt
英 [gɔːnt]
美
- adj. 憔悴的；荒涼的；枯瘦的
- n. (Gaunt)人名；(英)岡特
助記提示
1. 鬼阿姨.
2. g (考G, GRE) + aunt => 考GRE把姑姑折騰得憔悴不已。
3. GRE單詞很難、很變態，真是為GRE(伊)消得人憔悴。
4. gaunt 告姑姑—》憔悴。
5. 這裏用聯想：瘦骨嶙峋之人，渾身棱角分明，該詞音似詞根gon（角），同根詞如：trigon（三角形）、diagonal（對角線）、perigon（周角）等。還可以使用中文聯想：gaunt諧音“甘地”，從照片看來，聖雄甘地身形較為瘦弱。
6. 諧音“幹特”---特別的“幹癟癟的”----瘦削的；憔悴的。
中文詞源
gaunt 瘦削憔悴的詞源不詳。可能來自gander, 公鵝，用來形容瘦高個的人。
英文詞源
- 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].
雙語例句
- 1. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
- 山坡上有幢難看的灰色大房子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I cannot read what I have written with this gaunt hand.
- 我無法讀我這隻瘦骨嶙峋的手寫下的文字.
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
- 3. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
- 他看起來消瘦而疲憊，卻說沒什麽可擔心的。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The gaunt man said gloomily, " It's always all right; that's our trouble. "
- 瘦男人消沉地說: “ 每回都很順利, 這 就是 我們的麻煩. ”
來自辭典例句
- 5. Athene's horse stood grim and gaunt and motionless beside the temple wall.
- 阿西妮的馬凶惡地、嚇人地、一動不動地立在廟牆旁邊.
來自辭典例句