lank
adjective /læŋk/
/læŋk/
- (of hair
) straight, not bright and not attractive毛发 平直而无光泽的 - Her lank black hair dropped lifelessly to her shoulders.
她细长的黑发毫无生气地垂到肩上。
- Her lank black hair dropped lifelessly to her shoulders.
- (South African English, informal) large in number or amount
大量的;很多的 - I've got lank work to do.
我有很多工作要做。
- I've got lank work to do.
词源Old English hlanc ‘thin’, of Germanic origin; related to High German lenken ‘to bend, turn’, also to flinch and link.