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单词 lanky
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lanky

The choreographer's lanky frame and febrile energy seem to fill the small room.His lanky frame suggested weight would be the biggest enemy to progress.But the lanky striker is likely to find things hot up in the summer.They come in one size: tall and lanky.Will his lanky, damaged frame hold up if he tries?I feel tall and lanky with big shoulders.I can see his tall, lanky body walking up to the car.The lanky striker headed his 12th goal of the season 10 minutes from the end.I was tall and lanky.We were of similar weights but not of physique - I was considerably taller and lanky.A contemporary portrait of him shows a tall, rather lanky individual, with a pale complexion and heavily shadowed eyes.

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lanky

British English: lanky /ˈlæŋkɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone as lanky, you mean that they are tall and thin and move rather awkwardly.
He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.
  • American English: lanky
  • Arabic: طَوِيلٌ مَعْ هُزَالٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: magricela
  • Chinese: 瘦长的
  • Croatian: štrkljav
  • Czech: vytáhlý hubený
  • Danish: ranglet
  • Dutch: slungelig
  • European Spanish: desgarbado
  • Finnish: hintelä
  • French: dégingandé
  • German: schlaksig
  • Greek: ψηλόλιγνος
  • Italian: magro
  • Japanese: ひょろ長い
  • Korean: 마르고 호리호리한
  • Norwegian: mager
  • Polish: wychudzony
  • European Portuguese: desengonçado
  • Romanian: (despre persoane) deșirat
  • Russian: долговязый
  • Latin American Spanish: desgarbado
  • Swedish: gänglig
  • Thai: ผอมโย่ง
  • Turkish: sırık gibi
  • Ukrainian: довгов'язий
  • Vietnamese: cao gầy

Chinese translation of 'lanky'

lanky

(ˈlæŋkɪ)

adj

  1. 过(過)分瘦长(長)的 (guòfèn shòucháng de)
    ⇒ a lanky boy 一个瘦瘦高高的男孩 (yī gè shòushòu gāogāo de nánhái)
(adjective) 
Definition
ungracefully tall and thin
He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.
Synonyms
gangling
a gangling teenager dressed in jeans and trainers
thin
a tall, thin man with grey hair
tall
spare
She was thin and spare, with a shapely intelligent face.
angular
He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones.
gaunt
Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
bony
an old man with a bony face and white hair
weedy (informal)
scrawny
a scrawny woman with dyed black hair
rangy
scraggy
a flock of scraggy sheep
rawboned
loose-jointed
Opposites
rounded
,
short
,
fat
,
muscular
,
plump
,
stout
,
burly
,
chubby
,
stocky
,
portly
,
rotund
,
sinewy
,
brawny

Additional synonyms

in the sense of angular
Definition
lean and bony
He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones.
Synonyms
skinny,
spare,
lean,
gaunt,
bony,
lanky,
scrawny,
lank,
rangy,
rawboned,
macilent (rare)
in the sense of bony
Definition
thin
an old man with a bony face and white hair
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
skinny,
angular,
gaunt,
skeletal,
haggard,
emaciated,
scrawny,
undernourished,
cadaverous,
rawboned,
macilent (rare)
in the sense of gaunt
Definition
bony and emaciated in appearance
Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
skinny,
skeletal,
wasted,
drawn,
spare,
pinched,
angular,
bony,
lanky,
haggard,
emaciated,
scrawny,
skin and bone,
scraggy,
cadaverous,
rawboned,
macilent (rare)

Nearby words of
lanky

  • languishing
  • languor
  • lank
  • lanky
  • lantern
  • lap
  • lap something up

Synonyms of 'lanky'

lanky

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Additional synonyms

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 scrawny
Definition
very thin and bony
a scrawny woman with dyed black hair
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
skinny,
angular,
gaunt,
skeletal,
bony,
lanky,
undernourished,
skin-and-bones (informal),
scraggy,
rawboned,
macilent (rare)
in the sense of spare
Definition
(of a person) tall and thin
She was thin and spare, with a shapely intelligent face.
Synonyms
thin,
lean,
slim,
slender,
slight,
meagre,
gaunt,
wiry,
lank,
macilent (rare)
in the sense of thin
Definition
(of a person or animal) having no excess body fat
a tall, thin man with grey hair
Synonyms
slim,
spare,
lean,
slight,
slender,
skinny,
light,
meagre,
skeletal,
bony,
lanky,
emaciated,
spindly,
underweight,
scrawny,
lank,
undernourished,
skin and bone,
scraggy,
thin as a rake,
macilent (rare)
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