scrawny
英['skr??n?]
美['skr?ni]
- adj. 骨瘦如柴的
詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?scrawnier;最高級:?scrawniest;
助記提示
1. 諧音“瘦殼蘿莉”------瘦得好像只剩下皮殼的蘿莉。
2. scr- (諧音“瘦超人”) + awny => 瘦超人瘦得像麥芒一樣。
3. skinny <====> scrawny.
4. skin => scraw (草皮).
中文詞源
scrawny 瘦巴巴的
拼寫變體自方言詞 scranny,薄的，瘦的，詞源可能同 scraggy,皮包骨的，骨瘦如柴的。
英文詞源
- scrawny (adj.)
- 1824, apparently a dialectal variant of scranny "lean, thin" (1820), which is of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse skr?lna "to shrivel." Compare scrannel.
雙語例句
- 1. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
- 兀鷲伸出細長的脖子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard.
- 幾只瘦骨嶙峋的雞正在院子周圍刨來刨去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. They were convalescing slowly and lay scrawny and weak in their bed.
- 她們在慢慢康復,但仍然消瘦而虛弱地躺在床上.
來自飄（部分）
- 4. A damned mule,'she repeated, looking indignantly at the scrawny beast.
- 一頭該死的騾子! " 她重復說.所以地瞧著那只瘦弱的畜生.
來自飄（部分）
- 5. He looks much too skinny / scrawny to be a weight - lifter.
- 他瘦骨嶙峋的,當不了舉重運動員.
來自辭典例句