slender

英 ['slendə(r)] 美 ['slendər]

• adj. 细长的；苗条的；微薄的；少量的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 苗条的,修长的

   delicately or gracefully thin in the body; not fat

2. 细长的,薄的

   thin compared to length or height; not wide or thick

3. 微薄的

   slight; small and hardly enough

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 微薄的，不足的；微弱的
2. 细的，细长的
3. 苗条的，修长的，纤细的
4. 微小的
5. 窄的，狭的
6. 柔弱的，纤弱的
7. 薄弱的
8. 【语音】细弱的

v. 动词

1. 使纤细，使苗条

英英释义

Adjective:

1. being of delicate or slender build;

   "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"
   "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"
   "watched her slight figure cross the street"
   

2. very narrow;

   "a thin line across the page"
   

3. having little width in proportion to the length or height;

   "a slender pole"
   

4. small in quantity;

   "slender wages"
   "a slim chance of winning"
   "a small surplus"
   

5. moving and bending with ease

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It was a long, slender stick of vivid yellow.
   那是一根鲜黄色的又细又长的粉笔。
2. All girls want to be slender.
   所有女孩都希望苗条。
3. She was slender and had long dark hair.
   她身材苗条，有一头长长的黑发。
4. The daughter was to have but a slender provision.
   女儿只能得到一份菲薄的嫁妆。
5. A slender smile still flickered across her face.
   她脸上闪过一丝微笑。
6. A slender hope still flickered within him.
   他心中仍闪出一线希望。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Everybody of us admired her slender figure.
   我们人人都羡慕她的苗条身材。
2. I saw a slender man.
   我看到一个身材修长的人。
3. The spider hung suspended on its slender thread.
   蜘蛛悬吊在它细长的丝上。
4. The selected poem is a slender book of only 50 pages.
   这本精美的诗选是一个仅有50页的薄书。
5. He can't afford a car on his slender income.
   靠他的微薄收入他买不起汽车。
6. They won the election but only with a very slender majority.
   他们仅以微弱的多数赢得了选举。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The girl was pretty and slender.
   那姑娘长得美丽苗条。

经典引文

• Nora was slender and graceful in a..jump suit.

  出自： H. Kane

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• slender book 薄书
• slender figure 苗条的身材
• slender majority 微弱多数

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. slender可作“修长的,苗条的”解,用于女士指身段胖瘦相宜,或体态苗条且优雅轻盈,用于男士指体态轻盈,常含称赞之意。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

slender, gaunt, lean, thin

• 这组词都可形容人“瘦”。其区别是：
• thin指因病、过分劳累或缺乏营养等而缺少正常的肌肉; gaunt指因饥饿或操劳过度而呈现的枯瘦或憔悴的面庞; lean强调缺乏脂肪,指自然的瘦,其肌肉却很结实; slender可指人或动物,作“细长的,苗条的”解,有时含有“纤弱”的意思。例如:
• He has the gaunt face of a starving man.他是一副憔悴的面容的饿汉相。
• The forest ranger is lean.那位森林警察很结实。
• She admired Alice's slender build.她羡慕艾丽斯那苗条的身材。

lean，slender，slim，slight，thin

• 这些形容词均有“瘦的”之意。
• lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦，也可能因饥饿而消瘦；也指身体消瘦，但肌肉结实，身体健康。
• slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中，多用于指女性。
• slim指身体的细长，体重轻不着重外形的优美，可用于不同的性别，常用于减轻体重的人。
• slight指身材又瘦又小。
• thin普通用词，指腰细、骨架窄，常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的esclendre，意为瘦长的；最初源自古荷兰语的slinder。

近反义词

【近义词】

• faint
• little
• narrow
• thin

【反义词】

• considerable
• fat
• thick