英语词汇“slender”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	slender
释义	slen·der \ˈslendə(r)\ adjective (usually -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English slendre, sclendre 1. a. (1) : spare in frame or flesh : not fleshy or large of bone < a man of slender build, being only five feet, five inches in height, and weighing less than one hundred pounds — D.Y.Thomas > especially : gracefully slight < she was like a feather in my arms, so slender, so ethereal — Jack London > (2) : not robust : frail < as boy and girl neighbors, each of slender health, they had enjoyed … playing the piano together — M.A.D.Howe > b. (1) : thin or insubstantial in proportion to breadth < a slender volume … of twenty-one pages — V.L.Parrington > < a slender partition wall > (2) : small or narrow in circumference or width in proportion to the length or height < a slender perpendicular steel framework tower — American Guide Series: Oregon > especially : delicately elongated in pleasing proportions < a graceful portico of slender columns — American Guide Series: North Carolina > (3) : excessively thin and elongated : tenuous < the new arrivals took over the defensive sector south of the airfield where the slender line … had been punctured — H.L.Merillat > c. : limited in extent, size, quantity, capacity, or scope < published a slender list of generalized headings — John Lawler > < his critical powers were very slender — G.C.Sellery > 2. a. (1) : inadequate or barely adequate in quantity or supply : scanty, meager < compelled by slender family finances to leave school early — E.M.Lustgarten > (2) : barely adequate in dimensions or scope : narrow, scant < elected by a slender margin > < a few attempts had been made to deepen and embank the natural streams, but with slender success — T.B.Macaulay > b. (1) : inadequate to justify an inference, opinion, or action < tended to start from some observation … and then elaborate on this slender foundation a theory of the universe — Benjamin Farrington > (2) : having slight or inadequate grounds or justification < a slender hope > c. : slight in significance, seriousness, or complexity < the material is slighter, the texture more slender, and the formal exigencies shorter than the full-size sonata — Norman Demuth > 3. a. (1) : front — used of a vowel in some Celtic languages (2) : having the allophone that characterizes it when it is pronounced with a front vowel — used of a consonant in some Celtic languages b. : characterized by or consisting of a tone that lacks fullness or volume < fortunate in his recordings, for his rather slender voice reproduces exceptionally well — P.L.Miller > Synonyms: see thin
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