| 单词 | slim |
| 释义 | slim (once / 503 pages) adjv Anything slim is thin or narrow. So, your sister may be considered slim, and you could also have "a slim chance" of winning the lottery. Slim people are slender, and slim things are usually delicate, like a slim watch band. You can also use slim to describe a margin or a chance: "There was only a slim likelihood that the home team would win this game." Back in the early 1800s, to slim meant "to do one's work carelessly," and in the seventeenth century, the adjective was also used to mean "sly or crafty." WORD FAMILYslim: slimly, slimmed, slimmer, slimmest, slimming, slimness, slims USAGE EXAMPLESResolving the contradictions within the government’s various positions, and preventing backbench revolts destroying its slim parliamentary majority, will be all-consuming. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Basically you sew together an obese mouse that is missing leptin with a slim mouse, surgically attaching their circulatory systems. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Last year, Alabama required a kick-return touchdown and an extra possession bought by a surprise onside kick to beat the Tigers by a slim margin. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj being of delicate or slender build a slim girl with straight blonde hair Syn slender, slight, svelte lean, thin lacking excess flesh 2adj small in quantity a slim chance of winning Syn slender little, small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent 3v take off weight Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim down, thin gain, put on increase (one's body weight) sweat off lose weight by sweating change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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