gaunt
adjective
UK/ɡɔːnt/
US/ɡɑːnt/
Definitions of gaunt adjective
Extremely thin and emaciated, often due to illness or lack of food.
瘦削；骨瘦如柴
After his illness, his face became gaunt with sunken cheeks.
生病後，他的臉變得憔悴，雙頰凹陷。
After months of famine, the refugees appeared gaunt and skeletal.
經過數月的饑荒，難民們看起來骨瘦如柴。
Her gaunt appearance revealed the great stress she had recently been under.
她憔悴的外表顯示出她最近承受的巨大壓力。
- literary(文學性)
Desolate and unattractive in appearance; bleak and stark.
（地方或建築物）荒涼的，不吸引人的；簡陋的
The abandoned factory looked gaunt and grim.
廢棄的工廠看起來荒涼而陰森。
The trees appeared gaunt and bare against the grey sky in winter.
冬天，樹木在灰暗的天空下顯得枯瘦而光禿。
The city looked gaunt and lifeless after the economic downturn.
經濟衰退後，這座城市看起來荒涼而毫無生氣。