scrawny
adjective(comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)
(disapproving)(of people or animals 人或动物 very thin in a way that is not attractive 干瘦的；瘦巴巴的 He had long scrawny fingers. 他的手指瘦长。 There were a few scrawny chickens in the yard. 院子里有几只瘦巴巴的小鸡。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryScrawny is used with these nouns:- kid
- neck
Word Originmid 19th cent.: variant of dialect scranny; compare with archaic scrannel ‘weak, feeble’ (referring to sound).