骨瘦如柴 meaning in Chinese
as thin [lean] as a threadpaper [lath; rake; whipping post; rail]; a mere bag of bones; a mere skeleton; as thin as sticks; bare-boned; be all skin and bone; become as emaciated as a fowl; be reduced to a shadow; be reduced to a skeleton; be very thin, nothing but skin and bone; bones as thin as firewood; bone-thin; emaciated like a stick; lean and skinny; lean as a rake; only skin and bone; scraggy; worn to a shadow
Examples
- When he got out of the prison, he was nothing but a bag of bones .
出狱时，他骨瘦如柴。 - The skeleton frame of the witch shook beneath strong convulsions .
巫婆骨瘦如柴的躯体因猛烈的感情激动而震颤着。 - Christine put an arm around him, aware of his scrawny shoulders .
克里丝汀用手臂扶着他，感觉到他那骨瘦如柴的肩膀。 - Sergeant towser was lean and angular and had fine blond hair so light it was almost without colour, sunken cheeks .
陶塞军士骨瘦如柴，双颊干瘪，纤细的黄头发淡得几乎象没有颜色。 - All had done well for kezia from the time when, as a skinny, weeping creature of 14, she was taken into the household .
基西亚十四岁时骨瘦如柴，啜泣不已，由别人送来巴克莱家后，大家待她不薄。