/p?nt?t/A pinchedfaceisthinandpale:(脸)消瘦的,苍白清瘦的He had that pinchedlookthatsuggestspovertyandlackofnourishment.他面容那么消瘦,说明他穷困潦倒、营养不良。SynonymemaciatedformalSMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAnimal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
be skin and bone(s)idiom
beanpole
cadaverous
ectomorph
emaciation
gauntness
gracile
hard-bodied
hatchet-faced
hollow
hollow-cheeked
lanky
raw-boned
scrawny
skinny
slenderize
slight
svelte
sylphlike
trim
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/p?nt?t/(of someone’sface)thinandanxious, or (ofclothing)narrow:Nora wasshort, with a pinchedface, andworethickglasseswithwirerims.Herdresswas pinched at thewaist.Apersonororganizationthat is pinched does not have enoughmoney:Thespaceprogramis pinched.(Definition ofpinchedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/pinched##