emaciate
GRE
英 [ɪ'meɪsɪeɪt]
美[ɪ'meʃɪ,et]
释义
vt. 使消瘦；使衰弱；使贫瘠
vi. 消瘦下去
词态变化
第三人称单数: emaciates;过去式: emaciated;过去分词: emaciated;现在分词: emaciating;
英文词源
- emaciate
- emaciate: see meagre
- emaciate (v.)
- 1620s "cause to lose flesh" (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, cause to waste away," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-). Intransitive meaning "become lean, waste away" is from 1640s. Related: Emaciated.
英英释意
- 1. cause to grow thin or weak;
- "The treatment emaciated him"
- 2. grow weak and thin or waste away physically;
- "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
