emaciated

英 [ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd]

美 [ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd]

adj.  (常指因疾病或缺少食物而)消瘦的，憔悴的，虚弱的
v.  使消瘦，使衰弱
emaciate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：emaciated　

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BNC.22385 / COCA.22698

牛津词典

adj.

• （常指因疾病或缺少食物而）消瘦的，憔悴的，虚弱的
  thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （因疾病或饥饿而）消瘦的，骨瘦如柴的
  A person or animal that isemaciatedis extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food.
  1. ...horrific television pictures of emaciated prisoners.
     电视上骨瘦如柴的囚犯们的恐怖画面

英英释义

adj

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  1. emaciated bony hands
  2. a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
  3. eyes were haggard and cavernous
  4. small pinched faces
  5. kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
  Synonym:bonycadaverousgaunthaggardpinchedskeletalwasted

双语例句

• By the time the prisoners were set free, they were terribly emaciated and could hardly walk.
  囚犯被释放时，他们形销骨立，几乎无法行走。
• A long illness had emaciated the invalid.
  长期卧床使病人瘦弱。
• The animals had lost weight noticeably, becoming lean, almost emaciated.
  那些动物体重明显下降，瘦多了，简直是憔悴不堪。
• He swaggered away happily with the proud smile of a champion, his shriveled head high and his emaciated chest out.
  他昂起皱缩的脑袋，挺起消瘦的胸脯，脸上挂着冠军的那种得意微笑，欢欢喜喜，大摇大摆地走了。
• Back and forth I walk next to the barbed wire fence, trying to keep my emaciated body warm.
  我不停地在倒刺铁丝围拦边来回走动着，想让自己瘦弱的身躯尽快暖和起来。
• On another occasion I saw a group of disoriented, emaciated Amerindians, begging for food by the side of the road.
  还有一次我看到了一群迷失了方向的印第安人，他们非常憔悴，站在路边乞讨食物。
• In stature she was tall, somewhat slender, and in her latter days, even emaciated.
  她身材修长，有点娇弱，临死前，竟是形销骨立。
• Observers were shocked at Steve's emaciated appearance.
  观察家们对其瘦弱的外表颇感震惊。
• She was emaciated by long illness.
  长期的疾病把她折磨得瘦骨伶仃。
• To make thin or emaciated.
  使变瘦或使瘦。