emaciated
emaciated
[ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd, ɪˈmeɪʃ-]
adjective
emaciation
noun
语源
[ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd, ɪˈmeɪʃ-]
adjective
- abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food
消瘦的，皮包骨的；虚弱的
she was so emaciated she could hardly stand.
她身体虚弱得几乎无法站立。
emaciation
noun
语源
- early 17th cent.: from Latin emaciat- 'made thin', from the verb emaciare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + macies 'leanness'
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