underweight

英 [ˌʌndəˈweɪt]

美 [ˌʌndərˈweɪt]

adj.  体重不足的; 未达到正常体重的

BNC.32967 / COCA.23905

牛津词典

adj.

• 体重不足的；未达到正常体重的
  weighing less than the normal or expected weight
  1. She is a few pounds underweight for (= in relation to) her height.
     就其身高而言，她的体重还差几磅。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 体重偏轻的；过瘦的
  If someone isunderweight, they are too thin, and therefore not healthy.
  1. Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.
     近1/3的孩子体重严重偏轻。

英英释义

adj

• being very thin
  1. a child with skinny freckled legs
  2. a long scrawny neck
  Synonym:scraggyboneyscrawnyskinnyweedy

双语例句

• Even among underweight women 10% were trying to lose weight.
  甚至10%体重过轻的女子也在减肥。
• "But there were not many underweight men in Scotland," he noted.
  “但是在苏格兰没有那么多低体重男性，”他补充道。
• You are only slightly underweight for IE in relation to your height.
  按你的身高来说，你体重仅稍轻一点儿。
• The researchers compared the effect of GDP growth and signs of child malnutrition-like stunted growth and being underweight.
  研究者比较了国内生产总值增长的影响与儿童营养不良，例如生长萎缩和体重过低的迹象。
• The baby was dangerously underweight at birth.
  这婴儿出生时体熏严重不足。
• Further research is now needed to investigate whether underweight and overweight people have abnormalities in these circuits.
  现在还需进行更深入的研究以探明体重过轻与过重的人的大脑回路是否也存在异常。
• In the process, UBS have downgraded their views of Korea and Taiwan to underweight.
  在此过程中，瑞银已将韩国和台湾股市的评级下调为减持。
• His underweight militated against his ever becoming a good sprinter.
  他体重不足，这使他难以成为一个好的短跑运动员。
• Agricultural growth reduces the proportion of underweight children, whereas non-agricultural growth does not.
  农业增长确实减少了体重偏轻的儿童比例，而在这一点上非农业增长无法做到。
• The butcher did me the meat was underweight.
  肉店老板骗了我&那肉分量不足。