slim

英 [slɪm] 美 [slɪm]
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  • adj. 苗条的;修长的;微小的;差的
  • vt. 使…体重减轻;使…苗条
  • vi. 减轻体重;变细
  • n. (Slim)人名;(阿拉伯)萨利姆;(英、西)斯利姆
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记忆方法

1. 谐音“使你母”----使你母亲变得很苗条。
2. 谐音“使你苗”----使你变得很苗条。
3. 谐音“是你苗”----是你很苗条。
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词族 · slim

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中文词源

slim 瘦弱的,苗条的,纤细的,使苗条,减肥

来自辅音丛 sl-,黏的,滑的,光滑的。引申比喻义瘦弱的,苗条的,纤细的,以及动词词义 使苗条,减肥。

英语词源

slim
slim: [17] Slim is now quite an upbeat word, but that is a comparatively new departure, for historically it has been neutral if not downright derogatory. It was borrowed from Dutch slim ‘small, inferior’, which went back via Middle Dutch slim ‘slanting, bad’ to a prehistoric Germanic *slimbaz ‘oblique, crooked’ (source also of German schlimm ‘bad’). It may be distantly related to Latvian slīps ‘crooked, steep’.
slim (adj.)
1650s, "thin, slight, slender," from Dutch slim "bad, sly, clever," from Middle Dutch slim "bad, crooked," from Proto-Germanic *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (cognates: Middle High German slimp "slanting, awry," German schlimm "bad, cunning, unwell"). In English 17c. also sometimes with a sense "sly, cunning, crafty." Related: Slimly; slimness. With obsolete extended adjectival forms Slimsy "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1845); slimikin "small and slender" (1745). Slim Jim attested from 1887 in sense of "very thin person;" from 1902 as a type of slender cigar; from 1975 as a brand of meat snack.
slim (v.)
1808, "to scamp one's work, do carelessly or superficially," from slim (adj.). Meaning "to make slim" (a garment, etc.) is from 1862; meaning "reduce (one's) weight" is from 1930. Related: Slimmed; slimming.

权威例句

1. The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.
行星躲过超新星爆发的几率总是十分渺茫。
2. She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles.
她保持着苗条的身材,脸上也没有皱纹。
3. The red dress had slim black piping around the neck.
这条红裙的领口有细细的黑色滚边。
4. He was a slim, solemn, darkly handsome young man.
他是个身材修长、表情庄重、皮肤黝黑的帅小伙。
5. He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.
在他短暂的一生里,他只出版过3卷薄薄的诗集。

词语辨析

【lean, slim, slight, slender, thin】
这组词都有“瘦的”的意思,其区别是:
lean: 侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦,也可能因饥饿而消瘦。也指身体消瘦,但肌肉结实,身体健康。
slim: 指身体的细长,体重轻不着重外形的优美,可用于不同的性别,常用于减轻体重的人。
slight: 指身材又瘦又小。
slender: 指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中,多用于指女性。
thin: 普通用词,指腰细、骨架窄,常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。

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