slim 英 [slɪm]   美 [slɪm]

slim

slim  英 [slɪm] 美 [slɪm]

adj. 苗条的;修长的;微小的;  v. 使…苗条 

进行时:slimming  过去式:slimmed  过去分词:slimmed  第三人称单数:slims  名词复数:slims  比较级:slimmer  最高级:slimmest 

a slim figure, a slim body, a slim waist 苗条的体形╱身材;纤细的腰肢
She was tall and slim. 她是个瘦高个儿。

  • Anything slim is thin or narrow. So, your sister may be considered slim, and you could also have "a slim chance" of winning the lottery.
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  • adj. 苗条的;修长的;微小的;
  • v. 使…苗条
  • 1. a slim figure, a slim body, a slim waist

    苗条的体形╱身材;纤细的腰肢

  • 2. She was tall and slim.

    她是个瘦高个儿。

  • 3. How do you stay so slim?

    你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的?

  • 4. a slim volume of poetry

    一本薄薄的诗集

  • 5. a slim chance of success

    成功的可能性不大

  • 6. You can still eat breakfast when you are slimming.

    你减肥也可以吃早饭嘛!

  • slim (adj.) 1650s, "thin, slight, slender," from Dutch slim "bad, sly, clever," from Middle Dutch slim "bad, crooked," from Proto-Germanic *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (source also of Middle High German slimp "slanting, awry," German schlimm "bad, cunning, unwell"). In English 17c. also sometimes with a sense "sly, cunning, crafty." Related: Slimly; slimness. With obsolete extended adjectival forms Slimsy "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1845); slimikin "small and slender" (1745). Slim Jim attested from 1887 in sense of "very thin person;" from 1902 as a type of slender cigar; from 1975 as a brand of meat snack.
  • slim (v.) 1808, "to scamp one's work, do carelessly or superficially," from slim (adj.). Meaning "to make slim" (a garment, etc.) is from 1862; meaning "reduce (one's) weight" is from 1930. Related: Slimmed; slimming.
slim / slɪm ; NAmE slɪm / adjective , verb , noun slim slims slimmed slimming slimmer slimmest adjective ( slim·mer , slim·mest ) 1 ( approving) (of a person ) thin, in a way that is attractive 苗条的;纤细的 a slim figure/body/waist 苗条的体形╱身材;纤细的腰肢 She was tall and slim. 她是个瘦高个儿。 How do you manage to stay so slim? 你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的? ( figurative) Many companies are a lot slimmer than they used to be (= have fewer workers). 许多公司的员工比过去少多了。 2 thinner than usual 单薄的 a slim volumeof poetry 一本薄薄的诗集 3 not as big as you would like or expect 微薄的;不足的;少的;小的 SYN small a slim chanceof success 成功的可能性不大 The party was returned to power with a slim majority. 该党以微弱多数重新上台。 see also slimmer , slimming slim·ness / slɪmnəs ; NAmE slɪmnəs / noun [uncountable ] verb ( -mm- ) [intransitive ] ( BrE) ( usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时 ) to try to become thinner, for example by eating less (靠节食等)变苗条,减肥 SYN diet You can still eat breakfast when you are slimming. 你减肥也可以吃早饭嘛! collocationsat diet PHRASAL VERBS ˌslim ˈdown to become thinner, for example as a result of eating less (靠节食等)变苗条,减肥 ˌslim ˈdown | ˌslim sth↔ˈdown to make a company or an organization smaller, by reducing the number of jobs in it; to be made smaller in this way 精简(机构);裁减(人员);减少(岗位) They're restructuring and slimming down the workforce. 他们正对职工加以重组和裁减。 The industry may have to slim down even further. 这个行业可能还得进一步压缩。 the new, slimmed-down company 精简人员后的新公司 see also slimming noun [uncountable ] an African word for AIDS (非洲用语)艾滋病 slim / slɪm ; NAmE slɪm / slim·ness / slɪmnəs ; NAmE slɪmnəs /
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