| 单词 | slender |
| 释义 | slender —slenderly, adv. —slenderness, n. /slen"deuhr/, adj., slenderer, slenderest. 1. having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post. 2. thin or slight; light and graceful: slender youths. 3. small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager: a slender income. 4. having little value, force, or justification: slender prospects. 5. thin or weak, as sound. [1300-50; ME slendre, sclendre < ?] Syn. 2. SLENDER, SLIGHT, SLIM imply a tendency toward thinness. As applied to the human body, SLENDER implies a generally attractive and pleasing thinness: slender hands. SLIGHT often adds the idea of frailness to that of thinness: a slight, almost fragile, figure. SLIM implies a lithe or delicate thinness: a slim and athletic figure. 4. trivial, trifling. 5. fragile, feeble, fine, delicate, flimsy. Ant. 2. fat, stocky. |
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