单词 | skinnying |
释义 | > as lemmasˈskinnying ˈskinnying n. (chiefly with down) the action of becoming skinny or skinnier, or an instance of this. ΚΠ 1981 TV Picture Life Mar. 61/1 (advt.) All the difficult ‘skinnying-down’ has been done for you while you slept. 1997 R. H. Beatty Perfect Cover Let. (2004) vii. 101 Compounding this problem of volume competition has been the ‘skinnying down’ process many employers have gone through in recent years. 2004 Roanoke (Va.) Times (Nexis) 30 Aug. The president calls for a general skinnying of Americans. < as lemmas |
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