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be + gaunt
gaunt 常用来描述因疾病、饥饿或寒冷而变得瘦削，带有憔悴的意味。
After the long illness, he was gaunt and weak.
久病之后，他瘦削而虚弱。
瘦削的；憔悴的
gauntest — superlative of gaunt
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瘦削的；憔悴的
very thin, especially because of illness, hunger, or cold
After the long illness, he was gaunt and weak.
久病之后，他瘦削而虚弱。
棱角分明、骨瘦如柴的。
Angular, bony, and lean.
因饥饿或疾病而消瘦的；憔悴的,枯槁的。
Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
指地方或事物:荒凉的,凄凉的。
Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.
After weeks without food, the rescued dog looked gaunt and weak.
那只获救的狗几周没吃东西，看上去瘦削虚弱。
The old man's gaunt face showed how much he had suffered during the long winter.
老人瘦削的脸庞显示出他在漫长冬天里受了多少苦。
She grew gaunt from worry and barely ate anything.
她因忧虑而变得瘦削憔悴，几乎什么也不吃。
gaunt 常用来描述因疾病、饥饿或寒冷而变得瘦削，带有憔悴的意味。
After the long illness, he was gaunt and weak.
久病之后，他瘦削而虚弱。
gaunt 作定语时直接放在名词前。
The gaunt prisoner stared at me.
那个瘦削的囚犯盯着我。
look 在此是系动词，后接形容词 gaunt，表示“看起来憔悴”。
She looks gaunt in the photo.
照片里她看起来很憔悴。
Not this
She has a beautiful gaunt figure.
Use this
She has a beautiful slim figure.
gaunt 指因疾病、饥饿或寒冷而瘦削、憔悴，含病态或不健康的贬义；赞赏苗条身材应用 slim 或 thin，不可用 gaunt。
Not this
He looked gauntly after the long illness.
Use this
He looked gaunt after the long illness.
这里 looked 是系动词，后面应接形容词 gaunt 作表语；gauntly 是副词，只能修饰动作动词，不能用在此处。
Not this
The prisoners were gaunt by hunger.
Use this
The prisoners were gaunt from hunger.
表示“因……而憔悴”时，gaunt 后接 from 或 with 引出原因；by 是受汉语“被”字影响产生的错误搭配，英语中不说 gaunt by hunger。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
瘦削的脸
His gaunt face told us he had not eaten properly for weeks.
他瘦削的脸告诉我们，他已经好几周没有好好吃东西了。
消瘦的身影
A gaunt figure stood at the door, wrapped in a thin coat.
一个消瘦的身影站在门口，裹着一件薄外套。
凹陷的双颊
Her gaunt cheeks made her look older than she was.
她凹陷的双颊让她看起来比实际年龄老。
瘦骨嶙峋的身躯
The illness had reduced him to a gaunt frame.
疾病使他变得瘦骨嶙峋。
看起来消瘦憔悴
After the long winter, the survivors looked gaunt and weak.
漫长的冬天过后，幸存者们看起来消瘦憔悴、虚弱无力。
随后又有七只母牛从河里上来，又丑陋又干瘦，站在那七只母牛的旁边。
In Pharaoh's dream, seven gaunt cows ate the seven sleek, fat cows.
在法老的梦中，七头干瘦的母牛吃掉了七头肥壮的母牛。
Use gauntest naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把gaunt拆成g+aunt联想：姑姑（aunt）瘦削憔悴。注意发音是/gɔːnt/，别按aunt读。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、新闻报道 通常用于文学作品或较正式的描述，多指人因疾病、饥饿或寒冷而显得非常瘦削、憔悴，比thin语气更强。
haunt、jaunt、daunt、taunt、flaunt 都与 gaunt 押韵：结尾的元音加 /nt/ 读音相同，拼写也都以 -aunt 结尾。注意 aunt 这个词虽然拼作 aunt，但英式读 /ɑːnt/、美式读 /ænt/，与 gaunt 并不押韵，不要类推。
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