cadaverous
cadaverous 英 [kəˈdævərəs] 美 [kəˈdævərəs]
adj. 尸体样的；惨白的
- Cadaverous means looking corpse-like, from being sick or too skinny, like an aging rock star or a Halloween ghoul.
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- adj. 尸体样的；惨白的
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1. Tall, cadaverous, dressed in ripped jeans, brown jacket, black tie, battered trainers.
此人瘦高个子,身上的牛仔裤开着口子,穿着棕色夹克,打着黑色领带,脚上的运动鞋破破烂烂。 他讨厌新闻报道中的主观主义;我觉得他其实在一定程度上也讨厌记者。
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2. Over lunch I find myself sitting under Genrikh Yagoda - a thin, cadaverous-looking man with a black moustache.
在吃午饭的时候，我发现我自己坐在雅戈达的画像之下——一个面色灰白，留黑胡子的瘦子。
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3. Pride contempt defiance stubbornness submission lamentation succeeded one another; so did varieties of sunken cheek cadaverous colour emaciated hands and figures.
自尊、轻蔑，挑战、顽强、屈服、哀悼的表情一个个闪现，深陷的双颊、惨白的脸色、瘦骨嶙峋的双手和身形。
- cadaverous (adj.) early 15c., "gangrenous, mortified;" 1620s "of or belonging to a corpse;" 1660s, "looking like a corpse;" from Latin cadaverosus "corpse-like," from cadaver "dead body" (see cadaver). Related: Cadaverously; cadaverousness.
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