Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid," from Proto-Germanic *hlanka-, forming words meaning "to bend, turn," perhaps with a connecting notion of "flexible" (see flank (n.)). In Middle English, "Some examples may be long adj. with unvoicing of g" ["Middle English Dictionary"]
lank 英文释义
1. long and thin and often limp;
"grown lank with fasting"
"lank mousy hair"
2. long and lean
lank 双语例句
1. She ran her fingers through her hair; it felt lank and dirty.
她用手指梳了梳自己的长发，头发摸起来又油又脏。
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2. She had lank hair and sallow skin.
她头发平直，皮肤发黄。
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3. I've got lank work to do.
我有很多工作要做。
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4. She looked at the lank figure leaning against the porch column, chewing a straw.
思嘉打量着这个靠在廊柱上 、 跟里嚼着干草的瘦个子.
来自飘（部分）
5. He rose to lank height and grasped Billy McMahan's hand.
他瘦削的身躯站了起来,紧紧地握住比利·麦默恩的手.
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lank 实用场景例句
She ran her fingers through her hair; it felt lank and dirty.
她用手指梳了梳自己的长发，头发摸起来又油又脏。
柯林斯例句
She had lank hair and sallow skin.
她头发平直，皮肤发黄。
柯林斯例句
I've got lank work to do.
我有很多工作要做。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
She looked at the lank figure leaning against the porch column, chewing a straw.
思嘉打量着这个靠在廊柱上 、 跟里嚼着干草的瘦个子.
飘（部分）
He rose to lank height and grasped Billy McMahan's hand.
他瘦削的身躯站了起来,紧紧地握住比利·麦默恩的手.
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That will lank him in prison.
那事会弄得他蹲监狱.
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The old man has lank hair.
那位老人头发稀疏.
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Lank grammar can both parse English and Chinese.
链接文法不仅可以用来分析英语句子,也可以用来分析汉语句子.
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This is partly out of practical necessity: it is indeed thin and lank.
当然这里面有实际的必要性,我的发质稀疏平直.
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Lacking shears, I tried to pull the longest , growing lank and weedy now, with my hands.
