scrawny

英 [ˈskrɔːni]

美 [ˈskrɔːni]

adj.  干瘦的; 瘦巴巴的

比较级：scrawnier　

TEM8

BNC.24581 / COCA.16827

牛津词典

adj.

• 干瘦的；瘦巴巴的
  very thin in a way that is not attractive

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 骨瘦如柴的;皮包骨头的
  If you describe a person or animal asscrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin.
  1. ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair...
     染了黑发、骨瘦如柴的女人
  2. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
     兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。

英英释义

adj

• being very thin
  1. a child with skinny freckled legs
  2. a long scrawny neck
  Synonym:scraggyboneyskinnyunderweightweedy
• inferior in size or quality
  1. scrawny cattle
  2. scrubby cut-over pine
  3. old stunted thorn trees
  Synonym:scrubbystunted

双语例句

• Your precious, scrawny little neck!
  你的宝贵的，一文不值的小命！
• Perhaps, the scientists thought, the same would hold true for scrawny specimens versus the truly buff.
  科学家们想，或许对于瘦小的人，他们的听力比那些真正的大个子要灵敏。
• He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny.
  他在大学里呆了三个月后回到家里，看上去瘦得可怕。
• Winston sprang to attention in front of the telescreen, upon which the image of a youngish woman, scrawny but muscular, dressed in tunic and gym-shoes, had already appeared.
  温斯顿跳到电幕前面，来了个立正。电幕上早出现了个年轻女人，瘦骨嶙峋的，然而刚健有力，身穿紧身上衣，脚蹬体操鞋。
• A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard.
  几只瘦骨嶙峋的鸡正在院子周围刨来刨去。
• A child with skinny freckled legs; a long scrawny neck.
  腿上长满斑点、瘦得皮包骨的小孩；骨瘦如柴的脖子。
• Scrawny cattle; scrubby cut-over pine; old stunted thorn trees.
  瘦骨如柴的牛；矮小的被砍断的松树；老而矮小的荆棘。
• His T-shirt clung to his scrawny back.
  他的圆领衫贴着他瘦骨嶙峋的脊背。
• At 71 he faced the canvas, scrawny, grey-naked, palette and brush in hand, with just a pair of unlaced hobnail boots on his feet.
  他71岁，面对着画布，骨瘦如柴，裸体，身显灰色，手中握着调色板和画笔，只穿着一双未系鞋带的带平头钉底的靴子。
• In the neighbourhood of the elephant shed, there was a scrawny, poorly fed, stray dog.
  在象棚的旁边住着一只骨瘦如柴常常半饥半饱的流浪狗。