emaciated

英 [ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd]

美 [ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd]

adj.  (常指因疾病或缺少食物而)消瘦的，憔悴的，虚弱的
v.  使消瘦，使衰弱
emaciate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：emaciated　

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BNC.22385 / COCA.22698

牛津词典

adj.

• （常指因疾病或缺少食物而）消瘦的，憔悴的，虚弱的
  thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （因疾病或饥饿而）消瘦的，骨瘦如柴的
  A person or animal that isemaciatedis extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food.
  1. ...horrific television pictures of emaciated prisoners.
     电视上骨瘦如柴的囚犯们的恐怖画面

英英释义

adj

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  1. emaciated bony hands
  2. a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
  3. eyes were haggard and cavernous
  4. small pinched faces
  5. kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
  Synonym:bonycadaverousgaunthaggardpinchedskeletalwasted

双语例句

• A long illness had emaciated the invalid.
  长期卧床使病人瘦弱。
• In stature she was tall, somewhat slender, and in her latter days, even emaciated.
  她身材修长，有点娇弱，临死前，竟是形销骨立。
• We want models to project an image of beauty and health and shun a gaunt, emaciated look.
  我们想让模特展现出美丽健康的形象，不要再出现憔悴、瘦弱的面孔。
• On another occasion I saw a group of disoriented, emaciated Amerindians, begging for food by the side of the road.
  还有一次我看到了一群迷失了方向的印第安人，他们非常憔悴，站在路边乞讨食物。
• He swaggered away happily with the proud smile of a champion, his shriveled head high and his emaciated chest out.
  他昂起皱缩的脑袋，挺起消瘦的胸脯，脸上挂着冠军的那种得意微笑，欢欢喜喜，大摇大摆地走了。
• They fished in the big river, but somehow they were still very thin, emaciated, already old, some very crippled.
  他们在大河里捕鱼，但是不知怎地他们依然非常瘦弱、憔悴、已然衰老，其中一些人有严重的残疾。
• And he struck his breast with his emaciated fist.
  腾格拉尔说，他用他那瘦削的拳头捶着他的胸膛。
• By the time the prisoners were set free, they were terribly emaciated and could hardly walk.
  囚犯被释放时，他们形销骨立，几乎无法行走。
• Back and forth I walk next to the barbed wire fence, trying to keep my emaciated body warm.
  我不停地在倒刺铁丝围拦边来回走动着，想让自己瘦弱的身躯尽快暖和起来。
• My father died of an accident resulted from drinking, leaving my emaciated mother and two younger brothers alone.
  父亲因酗酒死于一场事故，撇下了我瘦弱的母亲和两个弟弟。