emaciate 音标拼音: [ɪm'eʃi
, et]
vt . 使消瘦,使憔悴
vi . 消瘦
使消瘦,使憔悴消瘦
emaciate v 1 :
cause to grow thin or weak ; "
The treatment emaciated him "
[
synonym : {
waste }, {
emaciate }, {
macerate }]
2 :
grow weak and thin or waste away physically ; "
She emaciated during the chemotherapy "
Emaciate \
E *
ma "
ci *
ate \,
a . [
L .
emaciatus ,
p .
p .]
Emaciated . "
Emaciate steeds ." --
T .
Warton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Emaciate \
E *
ma "
ci *
ate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Emaciated };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Emaciating }.] [
L .
emaciatus ,
p .
p .
of emaciare to make lean ;
e maciare to make lean or meager ,
fr .
macies leanness ,
akin to macer lean .
See {
Meager }.]
To lose flesh gradually and become very lean ;
to waste away in flesh . "
He emaciated and pined away ." --
Sir T .
Browne .
[
1913 Webster ]
Emaciate \
E *
ma "
ci *
ate \,
v .
t .
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean ;
as ,
his sickness emaciated him .
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1913 Webster ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
emaciate ":
Sanforize ,
atrophy ,
attenuate ,
consume ,
consume away ,
dilute ,
dribble away ,
dry up ,
emacerate ,
macerate ,
parch ,
pine away ,
preshrink ,
rarefy ,
run to seed ,
run to waste ,
sear ,
shrink ,
shrivel ,
subtilize ,
thin ,
thin away ,
thin down ,
thin out ,
waste ,
waste away ,
water ,
water down ,
weaken ,
weazen ,
wither ,
wither away ,
wizen
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