"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].
实用例句
1. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I cannot read what I have written with this gaunt hand.
我无法读我这只瘦骨嶙峋的手写下的文字.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
3. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
他看起来消瘦而疲惫，却说没什么可担心的。
来自辞典例句
4. The gaunt man said gloomily, " It's always all right; that's our trouble. "
瘦男人消沉地说: “ 每回都很顺利, 这 就是 我们的麻烦. ”
来自辞典例句
5. Athene's horse stood grim and gaunt and motionless beside the temple wall.
