| 单词 | light-framed | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight-framed  a.   With reference to the body or a part of the body, forming adjectives with the sense ‘having (a) slim or slight ——’, by combining with a noun + - ed, as in  light-framed,  light-muscled, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at  Compounds 3. See also light-bodied adj. 1,  light-limbed adj. ΚΠ 1811    A. Grant tr.  in  La Belle Assemblée Dec. 366/2  				The light-formed hind, with slender limbs, Reposing under the foliage, in the sultry heat. 1859    Auburn 		(N.Y.)	 Weekly Amer. 5 Jan.  				A light waisted gentleman, in endeavoring to perform a pirouette on North-st. lost his balance and sate down in the gutter. 1869    Birmingham Daily Post 11 Jan. 7/4  				He was a fair animal once, but.., independent of his being too light-shouldered to ever win a Derby, it is questionable if..he will ever again be within lengths of Belladrum. 1966    Austin 		(Minnesota)	 Daily Herald 24 May 7 a/1  				A pink cheeked, tousle-haired light-muscled fellow who under normal circumstances would be considered by society as half man, half boy. 2012    S. Grafton W is for Wasted 		(2013)	 292  				He wasn't a big man, maybe five foot ten. He was light-framed, narrow through the shoulders, with a wiry strength as opposed to brawn. < as lemmas | 
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