slender
英 [ˈslendə(r)]
美 [ˈslendər]
adj. 苗条的; 纤细的; 细的; 窄的; 微薄的; 不足的
现在分词：slendering
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同义词辨析
leanslenderslightslimthin【导航词义：瘦的，细长的】
leanadj. 〈褒〉瘦的，健美的
〔辨析〕
尤指男人或动物瘦而健壮的。
〔例证〕
He was lean, tall and muscular.
他身材瘦高，肌肉结实。
He has a lean handsome face.
他的脸清瘦而英俊。
他身材瘦高，肌肉结实。
He has a lean handsome face.
他的脸清瘦而英俊。
slenderadj. 〈褒〉苗条的，纤细的
〔辨析〕
多指女性身材修长苗条、体态优美的；形容物体时表示细或窄的。
〔例证〕
All girls want to be slender.
女孩都希望身材苗条。
The birch has smooth bark and slender branches.
桦树有光滑的树皮和细长的树枝。
女孩都希望身材苗条。
The birch has smooth bark and slender branches.
桦树有光滑的树皮和细长的树枝。
slightadj. 瘦弱的
〔辨析〕
指人瘦小纤弱的。
〔例证〕
Ann is a slight girl.
安是个瘦弱的女孩。
Her slight frame was shaken by bouts of coughing.
她纤弱的身躯因阵阵咳嗽而颤抖。
安是个瘦弱的女孩。
Her slight frame was shaken by bouts of coughing.
她纤弱的身躯因阵阵咳嗽而颤抖。
slimadj. 〈褒〉苗条的；薄的
〔辨析〕
指人身材修长的，常用于减肥者；也可形容书、钱包等薄的。
〔例证〕
a slim volume of prose
一本薄薄的散文集
She is trying to get slim.
她想要变苗条一些。
She goes for tall slim men.
她喜欢瘦高个的男子。
一本薄薄的散文集
She is trying to get slim.
她想要变苗条一些。
She goes for tall slim men.
她喜欢瘦高个的男子。
thinadj. 瘦的；细的
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指人或身体部位瘦削的，也可形容物体细或薄的。
〔例证〕
The boy was thin for his age.
就他的年龄而言，这男孩算是瘦的。
She is thin in the face.
她脸部瘦削。
She was wearing a thin gold chain.
她戴着一条细金链。
就他的年龄而言，这男孩算是瘦的。
She is thin in the face.
她脸部瘦削。
She was wearing a thin gold chain.
她戴着一条细金链。
牛津词典
adj.
- 苗条的；纤细的
thin in an attractive or elegant way- her slender figure
她苗条的身材 - long, slender fingers
修长纤细的手指
- her slender figure
- 细的；窄的
thin or narrow- a glass with a slender stem
高脚酒杯
- a glass with a slender stem
- 微薄的；不足的
small in amount or size and hardly enough- to win by a slender margin/majority
以微弱优势 / 多数获胜 - people of slender means (= with little money)
穷人 - Australia held a slender 1–0 lead at half-time.
澳大利亚队在上半场终时以1:0的微弱优势领先。
- to win by a slender margin/majority
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 苗条的;纤细的;修长的
Aslenderperson is attractively thin and graceful.- She was slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.
她身量苗条，手腕和脚踝曲线玲珑。 - ...a tall, slender figure in a straw hat...
头顶草帽、高挑苗条的人影 - He gazed at her slender neck.
他凝视着她优美的颈部。
- She was slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.
- ADJ-GRADED 微弱的;薄弱的;不足的;不充分的
You can useslenderto describe a situation which exists but only to a very small degree.- The United States held a slender lead...
美国以微弱优势领先。 - He has won a vote of confidence but only by a slender majority.
他以微弱多数赢得了信任票。 - ...the first slender hope of peace.
初现的一线和平希望
- The United States held a slender lead...
双语例句
- A high-rise building is nothing but a slender, vertical, cantilevered beam resisting lateral and vertical loads.
高层建筑物其实就是一细长的、能抵挡横向和垂直荷载的垂直悬臂梁。一种集体意志在这个故事里是没有约制的，横冲直闯的，是一种无人阻挡的寻欢之旅。 - I have a slender body and a long, rounded nose.
我身体细长，鼻子长圆形。 - Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.
北半球终年植物，有纤细的茎干和铃状花。 - The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
建筑工人在8根细柱上架起轻巧的混凝土穹顶。 - The slender stalks are weighed down with flowers.
纤细的花梗被花儿压弯了。 - He gazed at her slender neck.
他凝视着她优美的颈部。 - One can also go for a slender necklace that fall half-way amid the neckline and the neck.
人们也可以去一个细长项链属于中途际的领口和脖子。 - Fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green parsleylike fronds.
欧洲和小亚细亚一带具有短小剑状根茎和亮绿的似欧芹复叶的一种丛生蕨类。 - My idea of physical perfection is to be very slender.
在我看来，要拥有完美身材就要非常苗条。 - With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine, we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.
乔丹用她那纤细的、金黄色的手臂挽着我的手臂，我们走下了台阶，在花园里闲逛。