| 词汇 | gauntly |
| 释义 | gauntly adverb uk /ˈɡɔːnt.li/ us /ˈɡɑːnt.li/ in a way that emphasizes how thin someone is, especially when they are sick or hungry: A photograph of the Prime Minister showed him staring gauntly at the camera. His face stared back at me from the screen - still strikingly, gauntly handsome. At the end of last year her clothes were getting tight, and now she's gauntly thin. Now his face - gauntly handsome - appears on posters all over the London Underground. A performance by the great pianist - a gauntly handsome man in his early thirties - was a rare event. Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people) be as thin as a rakephrase be skin and bone(s)idiom ectomorph ectomorphic emaciated emaciation gauntness hollow lithe raw-boned scrawny slender slight slimness sparely thinness ultra-thin wasted wirily wiry You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not fit & healthy Related wordgaunt |
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