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

• The scrawny little kitten looked so pitiful out in the rain.
  那只骨瘦如柴的小猫在屋外的雨中看起来很可怜。
• Lily wants a beefcake for a boyfriend and not some scrawny shrimp.
  莉莉想要一个身材健美的男朋友，而不是一个软脚虾。
• 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？
• 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。
• These big-eyed scrawny boys put out a small newspaper.
  这些大眼睛的瘦骨嶙峋的孩子办了一份小报。
• 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。
• His T-shirt clung to his scrawny back.
  他的圆领衫贴着他瘦骨嶙峋的脊背。
• Those same hands, in West Bengal in 1971, had massaged the scrawny limbs of Bangladeshi refugees, and in December 1984 had soothed the burning eyes of victims of the explosion at a chemical factory in Bhopal.
  1971年在西孟加拉邦，正是这双手为孟加拉国难民按摩骨瘦如柴的四肢，1984年12月在博帕尔市，也正是这双手为化工厂爆炸受害者安减轻被灼伤眼睛的疼痛。
• Your precious, scrawny little neck!
  你的宝贵的，一文不值的小命！
• 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。