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

• 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。
• The predicted trend ( based on the trend in previous years) and the target trend ( based on MDG1) for stunting and underweight were estimated using linear regression.
  对于发育不良和体重不足是基于前几年数据预测的趋势和MDG1的目标趋势并使用线性回归进行的估计。
• You are underweight for your age.
  依你的年龄来看，你太轻了。
• Conversely, those who were underweight had a37.0% higher mortality risk than normal weight individuals.
  相反，那些体重过轻的患者其死亡风险较正常体重者高37.0%。
• Maternal depression was associated with early childhood underweight and stunting.
  母亲抑郁与早期儿童体重不足和发育不良相关。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。