emaciate

英 [ɪ'meɪsɪeɪt]美 [ɪ'meʃɪ,et]

vt. 使消瘦；使衰弱；使贫瘠

vi. 消瘦下去

英文词源

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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