英语单词

scrawny是什么意思

scrawny

英 ['skrɔːnɪ] 美 ['skrɔni]
  • adj. 骨瘦如柴的

助记提示


1. 谐音“瘦壳萝莉”------瘦得好像只剩下皮壳的萝莉。
2. scr- (谐音“瘦超人”) + awny => 瘦超人瘦得像麦芒一样。
3. skinny <====> scrawny.
4. skin => scraw (草皮).

中文词源


scrawny 瘦巴巴的

拼写变体自方言词 scranny,薄的,瘦的,词源可能同 scraggy,皮包骨的,骨瘦如柴的。

英文词源


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 skrælna "to shrivel." Compare scrannel.

双语例句


1. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard.
几只瘦骨嶙峋的鸡正在院子周围刨来刨去.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 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.

来自飘(部分)

4. A damned mule,'she repeated, looking indignantly at the scrawny beast.
一头该死的骡子! " 她重复说.所以地瞧着那只瘦弱的畜生.

来自飘(部分)

5. He looks much too skinny / scrawny to be a weight - lifter.
他瘦骨嶙峋的,当不了举重运动员.

来自辞典例句

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