lanky
英 ['læŋkɪ]
美['læŋki]
- adj. 瘦长的
词态变化
比较级: lankier;最高级: lankiest;
中文词源
lanky 瘦长而笨拙的
来自lank,头发稀疏瘦长的，后形容人瘦长而笨拙。
英文词源
- lanky (adj.)
- 1630s, "straight and flat," used of hair, from lank + -y (2); sense of "awkwardly tall and thin" is first recorded 1818. Related: Lankiness.
双语例句
- 1. He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.
- 他身高6英尺4英寸，瘦高个儿，大长腿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was a tall, lanky man with iron-grey hair.
- 他是个瘦高个子，一头铁灰色头发。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. a tall, lanky teenager
- 身材瘦长的少年
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.
- 汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. " Let it go, or it won't live long ,'said a lanky writer in our group.
- “ 放了它吧, 活不成的.”同行的一位瘦高个儿作家说.
来自汉英文学 - 现代散文