emaciated

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e·ma·ci·a·ted /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, -si-/ adjective  MITHIN PERSONextremely thin from lack of food or illness 〔因饥饿或生病〕极其消瘦的，憔悴的 The prisoners were ill and emaciated. 囚犯们疾病缠身，骨瘦如柴。► see thesaurus at thin —emaciation /ɪˌmeɪʃiˈeɪʃən, -si-/ noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

emaciated• Several that I saw were very old, bearded, emaciated and grim and deathlike, instead of babies, grown men.• He was emaciated and half his weight.• The gaunt faces beneath closely cropped heads and the young faces on emaciated bodies had began to assume form and substance.• I pore over the hopeless, resigned faces, the emaciated bodies, the stick-like limbs.• His emaciated body shivered uncontrollably.• News came of the famine, and there were pictures of emaciated children on the TV.• Towards the end of his life he looked emaciated, his cheeks hollow and his eyes sunken.• Then she burst into a paroxysm of croaking laughter, spluttering wildly, her emaciated limbs rolling about under the covers.• She was a small, emaciated mouse who wore a perpetually martyred expression.• Everyone in London looks pale, delicate and emaciated or suntanned and emaciated.• He is stopped at the door by an emaciated woman with a grotesque burn injury, whom I have not seen before.Origin emaciated (1600-1700) Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from macer “thin”

e·ma·ci·a·ted adjectiveChineseSyllable  

illness thin of extremely lack or from Corpus food

emaciated
e‧ma‧ci‧a‧ted /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ adjectiveextremely thin from lack of food or illness:
    The prisoners were ill and emaciated.
—emaciation /ɪˌmeɪʃiˈeɪʃən, -si-/ noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

■ person
   ▪ thin having little fat on your body: a tall, thin man
   ▪ slim thin in an attractive way: her slim figure | a slim woman in her fifties | Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
   ▪ slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: her long, slender legs | She is slender, with very fair hair.
   ▪ lean thin and looking healthy and fit: his lean body | He was lean and looked like a runner.
   ▪ skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive: a skinny teenager | Your arms are so skinny!
   ▪ slight written thin and delicate: a small, slight girl with big eyes
   ▪ scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking: a scrawny kid in blue jeans
   ▪ underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: He had no appetite and remained underweight.
   ▪ gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
   ▪ emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
   ▪ skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
   ▪ anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: Her daughter is anorexic. | anorexic teenagers

ema·ci·atedBrE /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊BrE /ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/ 🔊 adjectivethin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food （常指因疾病或缺少食物而）消瘦的，憔悴的，瘦弱的▸ ema·ci·ation BrE /ɪˌmeɪsiˈeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˌmeɪsiˈeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ◆She was very thin, almost to the point of emaciation. 她很瘦，几乎到了憔悴的地步。🔊🔊