【同义词辨析】 2018-08-31 清瘦lean-skinny
lean: stresses lack of fat and of curving contours: a ~ race horse. (curve曲线,contour轮廓) lean表示瘦且健康的thin and fit,如a lean, muscular body清瘦而肌肉发达的身体,如he was tall, lean and handsome他长得瘦高英俊
spare: suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise: the ~ form of a long-distance runner. 饮食有度的有节制的
lank: implies tallness as well as leanness: the pale, ~ limbs of a prisoner of war. 多表示头发平直无光泽long, straight, not attractive: lank hair,如she had lank hair and sallow skin她头发平直,皮肤发黄
lanky: suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness: a ~ youth, all arms and legs.
gaunt: implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork, undernourishment, or suffering: her ~ face showed the strain of poverty. (emaciate和gaunt完全相同,使憔悴,如she emaciated during the chemotherapy化疗使她憔悴,"憔悴"意思是瘦削脸色差) 如he left the hospital looking tired and gaunt他离开医院,疲惫憔悴
rawboned: suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment: ~ lumberjacks squeezed into a booth. (ungainly笨拙,大的being awkward or clumsy, often because of being big,如he was a tall, ungainly boy of 18他是个高个子笨拙的18岁小伙子) (build和physique都表示体格,但physique强调结构力量,build强调尺寸重量,健身bodybuilding)
scrawny: suggests extreme thinness and slightness or shrunkenness: ~ kitten.
skinny: implies leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality: ~ fashion models. a skinny actress/legs干瘦(皮包骨的)的演员/双腿,模特
lean清瘦: 强调没有脂肪和凹凸身材,spare精瘦: 精瘦来自饮食节制、长期锻炼,lank瘦高: 表示又瘦又高,lanky瘦而难看: 既瘦又笨拙松垮(loose-jointed),gaunt消瘦憔悴: 指明显消瘦,因为劳累苦难疾病,rawboned大块头: 体型大而笨拙,scrawny瘦小: 极其瘦小收缩,skinny干瘦瘦弱: 表示瘦到无力量生气
记忆方法: 1)首字母GRSLSLSL工人瘦了瘦了瘦了<==清瘦 清瘦是瘦的婉辞,如清瘦的面孔
2)练习一下
3)清瘦的意思是无赘肉mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh.首字母GRSLSLSL工人瘦了瘦了瘦了<==清瘦