| [/slɪm; slɪm/] adj (-mmer, -mmest) 用法:
1 (approv 褒) not fat or thick; slender 纤细的; 修长的; 苗条的:
a slim person, figure, waist 瘦高的人、 苗条的身材、 纤细的腰 *
I'm trying to get slim. 我想要瘦一些. *
a slim pocket-book 小巧的笔记本. =>Usage at thin 用法见thin. 用法:
2 not as big as one would like or expect; small 不够大的; 小的:
slim hopes/chances/prospects of success 成功的希望[机会/可能性]不大 *
condemned on the slimmest of evidence 根据微不足道的证据被判罪. slim 2
v (-mm-) 用法:
1 [I, Ip] ~ (down) eat less, take exercise, etc in order to lose weight and become slim （藉节食、 运动等）减轻体重使体形苗条:
trying to get fit and slim (down) 努力使身体健康、 体形苗条. 用法:
2 (phr v) slim sth down reduce sth in size or scale 缩小某事物的大小或规模:
slim down the factory's work-force 缩减工厂劳力. |