"skin and bones" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 皮包骨

Definition

用于形容某人非常瘦，好像只有皮包着骨头。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

为非正式表达，常带有关心或吃惊的语气。多用于因疾病或营养不良而变得非常瘦的人。避免用于冒犯别人的场合。

Examples

After being sick for weeks, he was just skin and bones.

生病了几个星期后，他变成了**皮包骨**。

The stray dog was skin and bones when we found it.

我们发现那只流浪狗时，它已经是**皮包骨**了。

She looks skin and bones because she hasn't been eating.

她看起来**皮包骨**，因为一直没吃东西。

Wow, you’re skin and bones! Are you feeling alright?

哇，你都成**皮包骨**了！你还好吗？

Ever since he started that extreme diet, he’s turned into skin and bones.

自从开始那个极端的饮食后，他变成了**皮包骨**。

I barely recognized him—he’s literally skin and bones now.

我差点认不出来——他现在真的成了**皮包骨**。