scrawny

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɹɔːni/    美 /ˈskɹɔni/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Thin, malnourished, and weak.
    — “Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”

词形变化

scrawnier comparative scrawniest superlative scranny alternative,dialectal

词汇关系

反义词
heavy large obese overweight strapping

词源

A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”), perhaps from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”) + -y. Compare Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”).
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