haggard

发音

英 [ˈhægəd]word uk audio image

美 [ˈhægərd] word us audio image

  • adj.
    憔悴的,面容枯槁的
  • n.
    野性未驯的鹰,悍鹰
    2。[废语]难驾驭的人(尤指不肯接受求爱的女人)

单词词源

haggard 疲惫的,憔悴的

词源不确定,可能来自古法语faulcon hagard,野鹰,被抓获的猎鹰,来自古英语haga,树篱,篱笆,围栏,词源同haw,hedge.因野鹰的天性狂野,桀骜不驯,被抓获后常绝食而亡,因此引申词义消瘦的,后用为形容人憔悴的。或来自hag,老巫婆。

双语例句

1. I know some old people who are haggard , frail and struggle to walk .
我知道一些上了年纪的人,他们虚弱、憔悴并且步履蹒跚。
2. Manufacturers should only show haggard motorists conveying screaming brats to school , or cursing as jams delay important meetings .
制造商应当只能向人们展现面容憔悴的驾车者,他们不是送吵闹不休的孩子上学,就是在诅咒交通拥堵耽误了重要会议。
3. Most decisively , richard nixon 's pale , haggard appearance in a 1960 clash with a tanned , relaxed john f. kennedy was understood that same night as a disaster for the republican .
最具有决定性的,是1960年的较量中,理查德尼克松苍白、憔悴的外表,与约翰f肯尼迪太阳色的悠闲外表,就在那个夜晚,人们明白那是这名共和党人的灾祸。
4. Not only because of its beauty , but also because its used to hide the beauty of its haggard and gaunt .
不仅因为它的美丽,更因为它那用来隐藏它的美丽的枯槁与憔悴。
5. But longo and haggard are still not sure why the brain has such a distorted perception of our hand proportions .
但是longo和haggard还是不太确定,为什么大脑会对手的比例产生如此失真的感觉。

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