单词 | gauntness |
释义 | gauntness (once / 108435 pages) n WORD FAMILY gaunt: gaunter, gauntest, gauntly, gauntness USAGE EXAMPLESHis features were familiar, but they lacked the compelling gauntness or the special light in the eyes that had transfixed a generation of bobbysoxers. The Guardian(Mar 17, 2016) Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs. George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons(2011) He was probably not more than forty years old, but his gauntness made him look older. MacKenzie, Compton, The Early Life and Adventures of Sy...(2012) n extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) Syn|Hyper boniness, bonyness, emaciation, maceration leanness, spareness, thinness the property of having little body fat |
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