gaunt

参见：Gaunt

英语

其他形式

gant (方言，苏格兰)
gent (苏格兰)

词源

源自中古英语 gawnt、gawnte (“瘦的”)，源自古法语 [具体何词?]，可能源自斯堪的纳维亚或北日耳曼语支源头，与古诺尔斯语 gandr (“魔杖，棍”)有关，源自原始日耳曼语 *gandaz (“棍”)，源自原始印欧语 *gʷʰen- (“打，驱使”)。

与冰岛语 gandur (“魔杖”)、挪威语 gand (“高而尖的棒子；又高又瘦的人”)、丹麦语 gand、gan、挪威语 gana (“修剪的树枝”)、巴伐利亚语 Gunten (“一种楔或钉”)。亦与古英语 gūþ (“战斗”)、拉丁语 dēfendō (“抵挡，避开，防御”)有关。亦对比瑞典语方言用词gank (“瘦马”)。

发音

英语发音：gônt、国际音标^(帮助): /ɡɔːnt/
(部分口音) 英语发音：gänt、国际音标^(帮助): /ɡɑːnt/
（美国）音频： (档案)
韵部：-ɔːnt, -ɑːnt

形容词

gaunt (比较级 gaunter，最高级 gauntest)

瘦骨嶙峋的，骨瘦如柴的
- 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War‎^[1], The Portent:
  Hanging from the beam,
  Slowly swaying (such the law),
  Gaunt the shadow on your green,
  Shenandoah!
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- 1894, Joseph Jacobs, 章号 1, 出自 The Fables of Aesop‎^[2]:
  A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.
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憔悴的
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann，第 239 页:
  Far away I saw a gaunt cat slink crouchingly along a wall, but traces of men there were none.
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- 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, 章号 5, 出自 His Last Bow‎^[3]:
  In the dim light of a foggy November day the sick room was a gloomy spot, but it was that gaunt, wasted face staring at me from the bed which sent a chill to my heart.
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荒凉的，贫瘠的
- 1896, Mary Baker Eddy, “The Way”, 出自 Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896‎^[4]，第 355 页:
  The present stage of progress in Christian Science presents two opposite aspects, — a full-orbed promise, and a gaunt want.
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- 1908, William Hope Hodgson, 章号 14, 出自 The House on the Borderland‎^[5]:
  Behind me, rose up, to an extraordinary height, gaunt, black cliffs.
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