lanky

• adj. 瘦长的

来自lank,头发稀疏瘦长的，后形容人瘦长而笨拙。

lanky (adj.)

1630s, "straight and flat," used of hair, from lank + -y (2); sense of "awkwardly tall and thin" is first recorded 1818. Related: Lankiness.

1. He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.

他身高6英尺4英寸，瘦高个儿，大长腿。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was a tall, lanky man with iron-grey hair.

他是个瘦高个子，一头铁灰色头发。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a tall, lanky teenager

身材瘦长的少年

来自《权威词典》

4. Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.

汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. " Let it go, or it won't live long ,'said a lanky writer in our group.

“ 放了它吧, 活不成的.”同行的一位瘦高个儿作家说.

来自汉英文学 - 现代散文