very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
\\\"emaciated bony hands\\\"
\\\"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys\\\"
\\\"eyes were haggard and cavernous\\\"
\\\"small pinched faces\\\"
\\\"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
He has gaunt cheeks. 他雙頰消瘦。
The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. 老人消瘦而憔悴，脖頸上有些很深的皺紋。
The old house stood gaunt and empty, a complete ruin. 那棟舊房子荒涼空洞地佇立著，像一堆廢墟。
常用短語
He was a tall man and gaunt to the point of emaciation.