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rawboned

/raw-bohnd/US // ˈrɔˈboʊnd //UK // (ˈrɔːˈbəʊnd) //

生锈的,生锈的人,生锈了的,生锈了

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.

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Examples

  • For Bob, Mr. Gordon succeeded in capturing a big, rawboned white horse with a gift of astonishing speed.

  • Monsieur le capitaine was a great, rawboned corporal, with a pretty little maid-servant on his arm.

  • Several others were rawboned and sallow, as if they had been beaten upon by all sorts of rough weather.

  • From the outskirts of the crowd a rawboned giant forced his way inward.

  • Bald, old and horribly skinny was the third horseman bouncing up and down on the rawboned back of his black steed.