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

• A child with skinny freckled legs; a long scrawny neck.
  腿上长满斑点、瘦得皮包骨的小孩；骨瘦如柴的脖子。
• The scrawny kitten lingered, brushing itself against our legs, and meowing plaintively.
  这只瘦得皮包骨的小猫赖着不走，在我们的脚边蹭来蹭去，叫得挺凄凉的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was a scrawny little thing.
  她那时是个瘦溜的小不点儿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the neighbourhood of the elephant shed, there was a scrawny, poorly fed, stray dog.
  在象棚的旁边住着一只骨瘦如柴常常半饥半饱的流浪狗。