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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”)。
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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!- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- 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, 页号239:
- 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], 页号355:
- 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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近义词
- scraggy、scrawny、skinny
参考资料
- “gaunt” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
异序词
- Tunga, untag
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gaunt
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gaunt（复数 gaunts）
