单词
scrawny
英 ['skr??n?]
美['skr?ni]
基本信息
- adj. 骨瘦如柴的
TEM8
词态变化
比较级:?scrawnier;最高级:?scrawniest;
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).
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 skr?lna "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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