skinny

skin,皮肤，-y,形容词后缀。引申诸相关词义。

skinny (adj.)

c. 1400, "resembling skin," from skin (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "lean, emaciated" is recorded from c. 1600. Of clothes, "tight-fitting" by 1970. In the noun sense of "the truth" it is World War II military slang, perhaps from the notion of the "naked" truth. Related: skinniness.

1. He set his skinny legs apart and threw back his shoulders.

他叉开两条细腿，猛地挺起胸膛。

2. You're too skinny — we'll have to fatten you up.

你太瘦了，我们要把你养胖些。

3. He was quite a skinny little boy.

他是个瘦得皮包骨头的小男孩。

4. She had stringy hair and skinny legs.

她的长发稀疏，毫无光泽，两条腿跟竹竿似的。

5. This book gives you the skinny on Hollywood.

这本书披露了好莱坞的内幕。