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

• It was not a guard, though, but an old man on what looked like an even older pony, accompanied by a pair of scrawny dogs.
  然而不是警卫，而是一个老人，骑在一个看起来更老的矮马上，还带着两条瘦骨如柴的狗。
• 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。
• They are scrawny. That means the Kazakh herders have suffered, too.
  这意味着哈萨克族牧民的日子也不好过。
• Slimane, who goes on "model safaris" to source scrawny teenagers from the streets and clubs of Antwerp, Berlin and Bristol, is obsessed with British youth culture.
  苏莱曼迷恋英国青年文化，他进行“模特大搜寻”，从安特卫普、柏林和布里斯托尔的街道和夜总会里寻找骨瘦如柴的十来岁的青少年。
• Hey, why would you wanna bother this scrawny kid?
  嘿，你为什么要打扰这个骨瘦如柴的人？
• Hard to believe that this scrawny, hatchet-faced harridan was Lily's sister, but yes, somehow she bore the traces which marked one who had had the love – however unrequited – of a powerful witch.
  很难相信这个干瘦的，马脸的泼妇是莉莉的姐姐，但是，是的，以某种方式深深刻进她脸庞里的痕迹显示着她是那个强大女巫所爱的人&尽管是未曾回报的爱。
• 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。
• They were convalescing slowly and lay scrawny and weak in their bed.
  她们在慢慢康复，但仍然消瘦而虚弱地躺在床上。
• 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。
• The scrawny kitten lingered, brushing itself against our legs, and meowing plaintively.
  这只瘦得皮包骨的小猫赖着不走，在我们的脚边蹭来蹭去，叫得挺凄凉的。