英语词汇“scrawny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	scrawny
释义	Trends of scrawny View usage for: scrawny (skrɔːni) Word forms: comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest adjective If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin. [disapproval] ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair. The vulture extended his scrawny neck. Synonyms: thin, lean, skinny, angular More Synonyms of scrawny scrawny in British English (ˈskrɔːnɪ) adjectiveWord forms: scrawnier or scrawniest 1. very thin and bony; scraggy 2. meagre or stunted scrawny vegetation Derived forms scrawnily (ˈscrawnily) adverb scrawniness (ˈscrawniness) noun Word origin C19: variant of dialect scranny; see scrannel scrawny in American English (ˈskrɔni) adjectiveWord forms: ˈscrawnier or ˈscrawniest 1. very thin; skinny and bony 2. stunted or scrubby Derived forms scrawniness (ˈscrawniness) noun Word origin prob. var. of dial. scranny, lean, thin < Scand base > scrannel Examples of 'scrawny' in a sentence scrawny This guy might just save their scrawny necks. The Sun (2008) They are scrawny and look unhealthy. The Sun (2013) There's no more scrawny chicken wings. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Between the plants, a couple of dozen scrawny chickens spend the day scratching. Times, Sunday Times (2010) That's why marathon runners look scrawny but sprinters are built like tanks. The Sun (2012) Staying thin when you're older makes your face look scrawny. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I just looked at this scrawny little bundle and burst into tears. The Sun (2009) He looks scrawny and vulnerable. Times, Sunday Times (2013) A man raked together a little burning rubbish with one hand and dangled a scrawny chicken over it with the other. Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994) Only that I look too scrawny. Times, Sunday Times (2006) A scrawny middle-aged white man emerged from the driver's side. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Looking scrawny and with full beards, the men wave at the camera, make victory signs and link arms to sing the national anthem. The Sun (2010) In other languages scrawny British English: scrawny ADJECTIVE If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin. ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair. American English: scrawny Brazilian Portuguese: magricela Chinese: 瘦骨嶙峋的 European Spanish: flaco French: décharné German: dürr Italian: pelle e ossa Japanese: 骨ばった Korean: 비쩍 곯은 European Portuguese: magricela Latin American Spanish: esquelético (adjective) in the sense of thin Definition very thin and bony a scrawny woman with dyed black hair Synonyms thin a tall, thin man with grey hair lean She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car. skinny He was quite a skinny little boy. angular He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones. gaunt Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. skeletal bony an old man with a bony face and white hair lanky He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy. undernourished skin-and-bones (informal) scraggy a flock of scraggy sheep rawboned macilent (rare) Seelanky Nearby words of scrawny scratch about or round scratch something out scrawl scrawny scream screech screed Synonyms of 'scrawny' scrawny Explore 'scrawny' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of lanky Definition ungracefully tall and thin He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy. Synonyms gangling, thin, tall, spare, angular, gaunt, bony, weedy (informal), scrawny, rangy, scraggy, rawboned, loose-jointed in the sense of lean Definition (esp. of a person) having a trim body with no surplus flesh She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car. Synonyms thin, slim, slender, skinny, angular, trim, spare, gaunt, bony, lanky, wiry, emaciated, scrawny, svelte, lank, rangy, scraggy, macilent (rare) in the sense of scraggy Definition unpleasantly thin and bony a flock of scraggy sheep Synonyms scrawny, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, bony, lanky, emaciated, undernourished, gangling, rawboned in the sense of skinny Definition extremely thin He was quite a skinny little boy. Synonyms thin, lean, scrawny, skeletal, emaciated, twiggy, undernourished, skin-and-bone (informal), scraggy, macilent (rare)
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