cadaverous

英 [kəˈdævərəs]

美 [kəˈdævərəs]

adj.  惨白的; 形容枯槁的

医学

BNC.43359 / COCA.33091

牛津词典

adj.

• 惨白的；形容枯槁的
  extremely pale, thin and looking ill/sick

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 形容枯槁的;面色惨白的
  If you describe someone ascadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
  1. ...a tall man with a long, cadaverous face.
     面色苍白的长脸高个儿男子

英英释义

adj

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  1. emaciated bony hands
  2. a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
  3. eyes were haggard and cavernous
  4. small pinched faces
  5. kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
  Synonym:bonyemaciatedgaunthaggardpinchedskeletalwasted
• of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
  1. we had long anticipated his cadaverous end
  Synonym:cadaveric

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