scrawny

英 [ˈskrɔːni]

美 [ˈskrɔːni]

adj.  干瘦的; 瘦巴巴的

比较级：scrawnier　

TEM8

BNC.24581 / COCA.16827

牛津词典

adj.

• 干瘦的；瘦巴巴的
  very thin in a way that is not attractive

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 骨瘦如柴的;皮包骨头的
  If you describe a person or animal asscrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin.
  1. ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair...
     染了黑发、骨瘦如柴的女人
  2. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
     兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。

英英释义

adj

• being very thin
  1. a child with skinny freckled legs
  2. a long scrawny neck
  Synonym:scraggyboneyskinnyunderweightweedy
• inferior in size or quality
  1. scrawny cattle
  2. scrubby cut-over pine
  3. old stunted thorn trees
  Synonym:scrubbystunted

双语例句

• His T-shirt clung to his scrawny back.
  他的圆领衫贴着他瘦骨嶙峋的脊背。
• Scrawny cattle; scrubby cut-over pine; old stunted thorn trees.
  瘦骨如柴的牛；矮小的被砍断的松树；老而矮小的荆棘。
• Tommy knew this scrawny kid could never be the cop of his dreams, but he dreams of a way to make the kid a cop.
  汤米知道克里斯永远不可能实现其警察梦，于是他就想出一个让孩子实现梦想的方式。
• Hard to believe that this scrawny, hatchet-faced harridan was Lily's sister, but yes, somehow she bore the traces which marked one who had had the love – however unrequited – of a powerful witch.
  很难相信这个干瘦的，马脸的泼妇是莉莉的姐姐，但是，是的，以某种方式深深刻进她脸庞里的痕迹显示着她是那个强大女巫所爱的人&尽管是未曾回报的爱。
• For more than an hour a scrawny guy sat at a bar staring into his glass.
  一个骨瘦如柴的年轻人坐在酒吧盯着自己的酒杯看了一个多小时。
• 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。
• In the first film, he wasn't that hot: long hair, bit scrawny, at least a foot shorter than all the other men in Forks.
  在第一部电影里，他并没有那么性感：长发，有点骨瘦如柴的，至少比福克斯的所有其他男人矮一点。
• The scrawny little kitten looked so pitiful out in the rain.
  那只骨瘦如柴的小猫在屋外的雨中看起来很可怜。
• He was a weak and scrawny boy, but daring nonetheless.
  范德科尔克是一个骨瘦如柴的孱弱男孩，但这丝毫没有减损他的勇敢。
• He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny.
  他在大学里呆了三个月后回到家里，看上去瘦得可怕。