1824, apparently a dialectal variant of scranny "lean, thin" (1820), which is of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse skrælna "to shrivel." Compare scrannel.
实用例句
1. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard.
几只瘦骨嶙峋的鸡正在院子周围刨来刨去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. They were convalescing slowly and lay scrawny and weak in their bed.
她们在慢慢康复,但仍然消瘦而虚弱地躺在床上.
来自飘（部分）
4. A damned mule,'she repeated, looking indignantly at the scrawny beast.
一头该死的骡子! " 她重复说.所以地瞧着那只瘦弱的畜生.
来自飘（部分）
5. He looks much too skinny / scrawny to be a weight - lifter.
