| 单词 | slim |
| 释义 | slim (slɪm ) Word forms: slimmer , slimmest , slims , slimming , slimmed 1. adjective A1 A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body. [approval] The young woman was tall and slim. He is attractive, of slim build, with blue eyes. Synonyms: slender, slight, trim, thin 2. verb If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food. Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim. [VERB] It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming. [VERB] Synonyms: lose weight, diet, get thinner, get into shape Slim down means the same as slim. Doctors have told Benny to slim down. [VERB PARTICLE] ...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs. [VERB PARTICLE noun] slimmer Word forms: slimmers countable noun ...meals for slimmers. slimming uncountable noun We live in a society which is obsessed with slimming. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual. The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities. He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life. 4. adjective A slim chance or possibility is a very small one. There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister. 5. verb If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. [business] The company recently slimmed its product line. [VERB noun] Synonyms: reduce, cut, cut down, trim Phrasal verbs: slim down 1. phrasal verb If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down, it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient. [business] Many firms have had little choice but to slim down. [VERB PARTICLE] ...the plan to slim down the coal industry. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. slim [sense 2] Collocations: slim shape Their slim shape allows them to pursue their typical prey, mice and voles, through their tunnels. The Sun To make a base for a garland, roll chicken wire into a long, slim shape and pack with moss in the same way. Times, Sunday Times The slim shape of these columns contributes significantly to the light, spacious effect of the interior. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From 1972 until 1975 the characters were drawn with a slim shape with thick lines and striking contrasts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet the building - or rather buildings - themselves and the evolving institution are worthy of more space than this fascinating but slim volume can afford. Times, Sunday Times You can't give a slim volume of lyrics this famous title as an aspiration. Times, Sunday Times A slim volume, it encompasses rhetorical handbook, aspirant's instruction manual and contemporary blog, all in brief. The Times Literary Supplement This slim volume will be the essential vade mecum if and when such a referendum campaign takes place. Times, Sunday Times Inevitably, though, after her virtuoso recreation of the great fire, the rest of this slim volume feels like an anticlimax. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 苗条的, 缩减 Japanese: ほっそりした, 縮小する |
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