"lean and haggard," from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].
雙語例句
1. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
山坡上有幢難看的灰色大房子。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I cannot read what I have written with this gaunt hand.
我無法讀我這只瘦骨嶙峋的手寫下的文字.
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
3. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
他看起來消瘦而疲憊,卻說沒什么可擔心的。
來自辭典例句
4. The gaunt man said gloomily, " It's always all right; that's our trouble. "
瘦男人消沉地說: “ 每回都很順利, 這 就是 我們的麻煩. ”
來自辭典例句
5. Athene's horse stood grim and gaunt and motionless beside the temple wall.