"lean and haggard," from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].
例文
1. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt ,grey house.
山の斜面には見苦しい灰色の大きな家がある。
2.I cannot read what I have written with this gaunt hand.
痩せた手書きの文字は読めません。
3.Looking gaunt and tired,he denied there was anything to worry about.
彼は痩せて疲れているように見えたが、何も心配することはないと言った。
4. The gaunt man said gloomily, " It's always all right; that 's our trouble."
痩せた男は「毎回うまくいっている。それが私たちのトラブルだ」
5.Athene 's horse stood grim and gaunt and motionless beside the temple wall.