单词
lank
英 [l??k]
美[l??k]
基本信息
- adj. 瘦的；平直的；长而柔软的；细长的
GRE畅通词汇
助记提示
1. link => lank.
中文词源
lank 头发平直无光泽
来自古英语hlanc,薄的，稀的，词源同link.形容头发如连接起来的长而松软无光泽的。
英文词源
- lank
- lank: see link
- lank (adj.)
- Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid," from Proto-Germanic *hlanka-, forming words meaning "to bend, turn," perhaps with a connecting notion of "flexible" (see flank (n.)). In Middle English, "Some examples may be long adj. with unvoicing of g" ["Middle English Dictionary"]
双语例句
- 1. She ran her fingers through her hair; it felt lank and dirty.
- 她用手指梳了梳自己的长发，头发摸起来又油又脏。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had lank hair and sallow skin.
- 她头发平直，皮肤发黄。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I've got lank work to do.
- 我有很多工作要做。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. She looked at the lank figure leaning against the porch column, chewing a straw.
- 思嘉打量着这个靠在廊柱上 、 跟里嚼着干草的瘦个子.
来自飘（部分）
- 5. He rose to lank height and grasped Billy McMahan's hand.
- 他瘦削的身躯站了起来,紧紧地握住比利·麦默恩的手.
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