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lank

英 [læŋk] 美[læŋk]
  • adj. 瘦的;平直的;长而柔软的;细长的

GRE畅通词汇

助记提示


1. link => lank.

中文词源


lank 头发平直无光泽

来自古英语hlanc,薄的,稀的,词源同link.形容头发如连接起来的长而松软无光泽的。

英文词源


lank
lank: see link
lank (adj.)
Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid," from Proto-Germanic *hlanka-, forming words meaning "to bend, turn," perhaps with a connecting notion of "flexible" (see flank (n.)). In Middle English, "Some examples may be long adj. with unvoicing of g" ["Middle English Dictionary"]

双语例句


1. She ran her fingers through her hair; it felt lank and dirty.
她用手指梳了梳自己的长发,头发摸起来又油又脏。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She had lank hair and sallow skin.
她头发平直,皮肤发黄。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I've got lank work to do.
我有很多工作要做。

来自《权威词典》

4. She looked at the lank figure leaning against the porch column, chewing a straw.
思嘉打量着这个靠在廊柱上 、 跟里嚼着干草的瘦个子.

来自飘(部分)

5. He rose to lank height and grasped Billy McMahan's hand.
他瘦削的身躯站了起来,紧紧地握住比利·麦默恩的手.

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