资料来源 : pyDict
使消瘦,使憔悴消瘦
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t.
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his
sickness emaciated him.
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Emaciated. ``Emaciate steeds.'' --T. Warton.
资料来源 : WordNet®
emaciate
v 1: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
[syn: {waste}, {macerate}]
2: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated
during the chemotherapy"