lanky的意思

lanky

英式音标['læŋki]
美式英标['læŋkɪ]

基本解释

adj. 瘦长的

中文词源

lanky 瘦长而笨拙的

来自lank,头发稀疏瘦长的，后形容人瘦长而笨拙。

英文词源

lanky (adj.): 1630s, "straight and flat," used of hair, from lank + -y (2); sense of "awkwardly tall and thin" is first recorded 1818. Related: Lankiness.

实用例句

1. He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.: 他身高6英尺4英寸，瘦高个儿，大长腿。

2. He was a tall, lanky man with iron-grey hair.: 他是个瘦高个子，一头铁灰色头发。

3. a tall, lanky teenager: 身材瘦长的少年

4. Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.: 汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿.

5. " Let it go, or it won't live long ,'said a lanky writer in our group.: “ 放了它吧, 活不成的.”同行的一位瘦高个儿作家说.

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