slim

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a. 瘦的, 苗条的, 微小的, 稀少的, 微薄的 vi. 变苗条 vt. 使苗条

发音

US /slɪm/

词形变化

slims 复数 slimmed slimming slims 三单 slims slimming 现在分词 slimmed 过去式 slimmed 过去分词 slimmer 比较级 slimmer slimmest slimmest 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

使…体重减轻；使…苗条

to make yourself thinner by eating less, taking a lot of exercise etc

动词

减轻体重；变细

形容词

苗条的；修长的；微小的；差的

someone who is slim is attractively thin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

    I only smoke slims.

  2. 2.

    A potato farl.

    爱尔兰
  3. 3.

    AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

    不可数
  4. 4.

    Cocaine.

    俚语 不可数
  5. 1.

    Alternative form of sling (“type of alcoholic mixed drink”)

v.
  1. 1.

    To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

    及物
adj. A2
  1. 1.

    Slender; thin.

    Slender in an attractive way.

    苗条

    纤细

    Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.

  2. 2.

    Slender; thin.

    Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Slender; thin.

    Long and narrow.

  4. 4.

    Slender; thin.

    Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.

  5. 5.

    Very small, tiny.

    I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.

  6. 6.

    Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

    苏格兰

    A slimly-shod lad;

    a slimly-made cart.

  7. 7.

    Sly, crafty.

    南非 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

thin reduce slenderize slim down

上位词 1

turn

下位词 1

sweat off
形容词

同义词 3

slight slender svelte

近义相关 4

little small thin lean

参见 1

slim-thick

相关短语

slim down 消瘦 slim pickings slim client slim clients slim jim n. 瘦子 a. 细长的 slim jims Slim Jim Slim Jims Slim River 仕林河

词源

Borrowing from Low German or Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever”), from Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”), from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). The sense development would have been "slanting, cunning" (Dutch) > "insignificant, slight" and then "thin, graceful" in English, a shift that Liberman calls an "incredible amelioration" of word meaning. The pejorative sense found in Low German and Dutch is also found preserved in the archaic English noun slim (“worthless or lazy person”), also comparable to the South African use of the adjective as "crafty, sly." Compare Dutch slim (“smart, clever, crafty”), Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), German schlimm (“bad”), West Frisian slim (“bad, dire”).

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