skinny

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a. 似皮的, 极瘦的, 少的, 小气的 [医] 皮的; 消瘦的

发音

US /ˈskɪni/

词形变化

skinnies 复数 skinnies skinnied skinnies 三单 skinnying skinnying 现在分词 skinnied 过去式 skinnied 过去分词 skinnier 比较级 skinnier skinniest skinniest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

机密情报；内部消息；小道消息

形容词

皮的；皮包骨的；紧身的；小气的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.

    非正式

    She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.

  2. 2.

    A state of nakedness; nudity.

  3. 3.

    A low-fat serving of coffee.

    非正式
  4. 4.

    A skinny being.

  5. 5.

    An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.

v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce or cut down.

    非正式 及物

    Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."

adj.
  1. 1.

    Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

    瘦

    枯瘦

    皮包骨头

    非正式

    Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender

  2. 2.

    Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.

    非正式

    skinny flat white

  3. 3.

    Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).

  4. 4.

    Tight-fitting.

    skinny jeans

  5. 5.

    Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).

    体育

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

information info
形容词

同义词 10

close near scrawny bony boney cheeseparing penny-pinching scraggly scraggy tight-fitting

近义相关 5

tight thin lean stingy ungenerous

相关短语

skinny dipping 裸泳 skinny as a rail skinny mirror skinny dipper skinny dip skinny malink skinny jeans 小脚裤 skinny mirrors skinny drink of water skinny drinks of water skinny fat skinny Minnie skinny Minnies skinny legend skinny dipped v. 光着身子游泳( skinny-dip的过去式和过去分词 )

词源

From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

来源：wiktionary