a. 瘦削的, 憔悴的, 荒凉的

[ adj ]
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
<adj.all>
emaciated bony handsa nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Gaunt \Gaunt\, a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall
and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager;
pinched and grim. ``The gaunt mastiff.'' --Pope.

A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and
fleshless across our land. --Nichols.