emaciate

英 [ɪ'meɪʃɪeɪt]      美 [ɪˈmeʃiˌet]
  • vt. 使消瘦;使衰弱;使贫瘠
  • vi. 消瘦下去
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为了记住单词“emaciate”,可以采用以下简单记忆方法:

想象“e”代表一个“e”字形状的瘦小的人,而“maciate”可以看作是“mac”加上“iate”。将“mac”与“麦”字联系,想象麦子被吃光,只留下一个细长的“e”字人,这样形象地表达了“emaciate”使某物或某人变得极其瘦弱或消瘦的意思。

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emaciate
emaciate: see meagre
emaciate (v.)
1620s "cause to lose flesh" (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, cause to waste away," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-). Intransitive meaning "become lean, waste away" is from 1640s. Related: Emaciated.

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