scrawny

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++scraw·ny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ adjective  THIN PERSONa scrawny person or animal looks very thin and weak 瘦弱的，皮包骨的 SYN skinny a scrawny kid in jeans and a T-shirt 一个穿着牛仔裤和T恤衫的瘦弱孩子 a few scrawny hens 几只瘦得皮包骨的母鸡► see thesaurus at thin

Examples from the Corpus

scrawny• The most you will see is a scrawny arm waving desperately from between the bars.• Above them, tied to a thorn tree, faded red and white streamers dangle like the tattered carcasses of scrawny birds.• A few scrawny chickens were searching for scraps of food in the dry earth.• Last time I saw him he was a scrawny kid in Levi's and a dirty T-shirt.• a scrawny kid• The trees on this bog were bonsai-like black spruce, red maple, and occasional scrawny larch covered with lichens.• Beside her the pathetic corpse of the servant, the garotte cord still round his scrawny neck.• The scrawny swarthy-skinned kid in the mirror blinked back at him.• We had a lot of scrawny veterans and their scrawny wives for friends.Origin scrawny (1800-1900) scranny “thin” ((1800-1900)), probably from a Scandinavian language

scraw·ny adjectiveChineseSyllable  

person a very Corpus thin and animal or looks scrawny

scrawny
scraw‧ny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ adjectivea scrawny person or animal looks very thin and weak
   SYN  skinny:
    a scrawny kid in jeans and a T-shirt
    a few scrawny hens
     

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

scrawnyBrE /ˈskrɔːni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskrɔːni/ 🔊 adjective (scrawn·ier, scrawni·est) (disapproving) (of people or animals 人或动物) very thin in a way that is not attractive 干瘦的；瘦巴巴的 SYN scraggy