scrawny
英 [ˈskrɔːni]
美 [ˈskrɔːni]
adj. 干瘦的; 瘦巴巴的
比较级:scrawnier
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.- ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair...
染了黑发、骨瘦如柴的女人 - The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。
- ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair...
英英释义
adj
- being very thin
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- inferior in size or quality
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
双语例句
- For more than an hour a scrawny guy sat at a bar staring into his glass.
一个骨瘦如柴的年轻人坐在酒吧盯着自己的酒杯看了一个多小时。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was a weak and scrawny boy, but daring nonetheless.
范德科尔克是一个骨瘦如柴的孱弱男孩,但这丝毫没有减损他的勇敢。 - It was a few days before the fourth of july, and a gray, scrawny Italian child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track.
再过几天就是七月四号了,因此有一个灰蒙蒙的、骨瘦如柴的意大利小孩沿着铁轨在点放一排“鱼雷炮”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I'll wring your scrawny neck for you, will scarlett!
我要扭断你的脖子,威尔斯卡利特!