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

• Early identification, treatment and prevention of maternal depression may help reduce child stunting and underweight in developing countries.
  母亲抑郁的早发现、早治疗和早预防将有助于减少发展中国家儿童发育不良和体重不足。
• The child is underweight. I'm trying to fatten him up as fast as I can.
  这孩子体重不足。我正设法尽快地使他壮实起来。
• These disorders, which usually have a psychological component, may lead to underweight, obesity, or malnutrition.
  这些病症通常带有心理方面的成份，可以导致重量过轻、肥胖症或是营养不良。
• Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths worldwide than underweight.
  在全世界，与超重和肥胖相关的死亡人数大于体重不足引起的死亡。
• 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。
• Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.
  近1/3的孩子体重严重偏轻。
• 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 butcher did me the meat was underweight.
  肉店老板骗了我&那肉分量不足。
• Their son appeared underweight for his size and age.
  按体型和年龄来说，他们的儿子似乎太瘦了。