趣词词典（- 英语词根词缀词源词典）

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一、趣词词典

1、gaunt 瘦削憔悴的

2、词源不详。可能来自gander, 公鹅，用来形容瘦高个的人。

二、- 英语词根词缀词源词典

1、gaunt (adj.)

2、"lean and haggard,"from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand"a thin stick,"also"a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet"yellowish"[Middle English Dictionary].

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