gaunt

Word family adverbgauntlyadjectivegauntnoungauntness

gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ adjectiveadj

1 THIN PERSONvery thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry 〔因生病或长期烦忧〕瘦削的，憔悴的 SYN drawn

the old man’s gaunt face

老人那瘦削的脸庞

► see thesaurus at thin

2 C literary a building, mountain etc that is gaunt looks very plain and unpleasant 〔建筑物、山等〕平淡无奇的，难看的

a gaunt cathedral

难看的大教堂

—gauntness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

gaunt• He has lost his hair and some teeth and appeared quite gaunt.• He could see his reflection, turned gaunt and ashen, in the fragment of mirror propped against the lavatory window.• When I visited him in hospital Albert looked terrible -- his face was gaunt and his hair had turned grey.• It looked gaunt and inhospitable, he realised.• It was a youthful but gaunt face from which a yes meant no.• The gaunt faces beneath closely cropped heads and the young faces on emaciated bodies had began to assume form and substance.• The grittiness of the coal smoke coming down on those gaunt January afternoons was still in her nostrils.• The District Attorney at forty-four had the gaunt look of a man twenty years older.• Ruth looked away in panic then braved herself to look back but the gaunt, pinched face had gone.• It was hard to say which were skinnier and more gaunt, the men or the animals.

Origin gaunt

(1400-1500) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language

单词	gaunt
释义	gaunt Word family adverbgauntlyadjectivegauntnoungauntness gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ adjectiveadj 1 THIN PERSONvery thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry 〔因生病或长期烦忧〕瘦削的，憔悴的 SYN drawn the old man’s gaunt face 老人那瘦削的脸庞 ► see thesaurus at thin 2 C literary a building, mountain etc that is gaunt looks very plain and unpleasant 〔建筑物、山等〕平淡无奇的，难看的 a gaunt cathedral 难看的大教堂 —gauntness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus gaunt• He has lost his hair and some teeth and appeared quite gaunt.• He could see his reflection, turned gaunt and ashen, in the fragment of mirror propped against the lavatory window.• When I visited him in hospital Albert looked terrible -- his face was gaunt and his hair had turned grey.• It looked gaunt and inhospitable, he realised.• It was a youthful but gaunt face from which a yes meant no.• The gaunt faces beneath closely cropped heads and the young faces on emaciated bodies had began to assume form and substance.• The grittiness of the coal smoke coming down on those gaunt January afternoons was still in her nostrils.• The District Attorney at forty-four had the gaunt look of a man twenty years older.• Ruth looked away in panic then braved herself to look back but the gaunt, pinched face had gone.• It was hard to say which were skinnier and more gaunt, the men or the animals. Origin gaunt (1400-1500) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language
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