【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.        (emaciategaunt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,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