very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands" "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys" "eyes were haggard and cavernous" "small pinched faces" "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He has gaunt cheeks.他双颊消瘦。
The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck.老人消瘦而憔悴，脖颈上有些很深的皱纹。
The old house stood gaunt and empty, a complete ruin.那栋旧房子荒凉空洞地伫立着，像一堆废墟。
