slender

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a. 苗条的, 纤弱的, 微少的, 微薄的 [机] 细的, 纤细的

发音

UK /ˈslɛndə/
US /ˈslɛndɚ/

词形变化

slendered slendering slenders 三单 slenders slendering 现在分词 slendered 过去式 slendered 过去分词 slenderer 比较级 slenderer slenderest more slender 比较级 slenderest 最高级 most slender 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

细长的；苗条的；微薄的

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To attenuate.

    苗条

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Thin; slim.

    A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.

    She is very slender.

  2. 2.

    Meagre; deficient.

    比喻

    Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.

  3. 3.

    Palatalized.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

thin slight slim svelte

近义相关 5

little small thin lean narrow

参见 1

slim-thick

相关短语

slender sedge slender sedges slender loris 懒猴 slender lorises slender sea lettuce slender reed slender reeds slender sea lettuces slender shrew slender shrews slender moa slender skimmer slender skimmers slender poison

词源

From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Middle Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.

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