emaciate 復習
マサチューセッツ州の家で、男の子の寝室から19もの動物の死骸が発見されました。
19 dead animals found in home, boy's bedroom: Police
A Massachusetts woman faces charges after police say they found 19 dead animals at her home.
New Bedford police say officers found dead lizards in cages in the bedroom of Amanda Vicente's 13-year-old son last week. Dead finches, cockatiels and hamsters were also found at the home.
Police say 17 living animals, including a bull mastiff, were at the residence. Many of the animals were "emaciated" and lacked food and water.
Police say the home was in "disarray," with piles of feces in the kitchen and piles of clothes, trash and empty cages in the dining room.
Vicente was arrested Thursday on child abuse and animal cruelty charges. She was released on personal recognizance and is due back in court Dec. 20. It's unclear if she has an attorney.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-19-dead-animals-found-home-boys-bedroom-50943126
取り上げる単語は"emaciate" /ɪméɪʃièɪt/ です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「…をやせ衰えさせる、やつれさせる」とあり、"emaciated"で「（病気、栄養不足などで）やつれた」という意味になります。LDOCEでは、"extremely thin from lack of food or illness"と定義されています。警察の調べによると、生きている動物も何匹かいたとのことですが、その多くは十分な食料が無く衰えていたとのことです。(Akim)
