emaciate

[US]/ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪt/
[UK]/ɪˈmeʃɪˌet/

Translation

vt. 使消瘦;使衰弱
vi. 消瘦下去
Word Forms
过去式emaciated
现在分词emaciating
第三人称单数emaciates
过去分词emaciated
复数emaciates

Example Sentences

she was so emaciated she could hardly stand.

她身体虚弱得几乎无法站立。

A long illness had emaciated my father.

长期卧病使我父亲瘦弱了。

his severely emaciated body

他那瘦骨嶙峋的身躯

Hungry Joe was a jumpy, emaciated wretch with a fleshless face of dingy skin and bone.

享格利·乔是个瘦弱,神经过敏的可怜虫,一张黑脸皮包骨头,没有什么肌肉。

Real-world Examples

His body was bent and emaciated to the bone, almost fleshless.

他全身佝偻,瘦骨嶙峋,几乎没有肉。

Source: Brave New World

In no time at all, the disease had emaciated her.

很快,疾病就使她消瘦了。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

He was emaciated, the bones of his face sticking out sharply against the yellowish skin.

骨头都从他面黄肌瘦的脸上突了出来。

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I remember when they brought you back to school, emaciated and wrapped up in a shawl.

回到学校来的时候非常消瘦,裹着围巾。

Source: Education of Love

Also, that your father was at one time much emaciated by illness.

另外,你的父亲曾经因病非常消瘦。

Source: Middlemarch (Part Four)

The next night, an emaciated man with long matted black hair obscuring his face was seen walking towards them from the darkness, and that was enough.

第二天晚上,有人看到一个消瘦的男人从黑暗中朝他们走来, 长长的黑色头发乱蓬蓬的, 遮住了他的脸, 这就足够了。

Source: Learn English with Matthew.

Worple, who was a small, stout, bespectacled man, grabbed Harry's hand and shook it enthusiastically; the vampire Sanguini, who was tall and emaciated with dark shadows under his eyes, merely nodded.

沃普尔是个戴着眼镜的小个子男人,他抓住哈利的手热切地握着。吸血鬼血尼又高又瘦,眼睛下有黑圈。

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Several months elapsed before I was able to quit my bed; and when at length I was moved to a Sopha, I was so faint, spiritless, and emaciated, that I could not cross the room without assistance.

几个月过去了,我才能够起床。最后,当我被转移到 Sopha 时,我非常虚弱、无精打采、憔悴不堪,没有帮助我无法穿过房间。

Source: Monk (Part 1)

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