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Slender Thin Figure Small People Syn Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词

The English word is "slender," meaning thin and graceful, or small and insufficient. It can also describe something that is long and thin or narrow.

英语是“slender”,意思是瘦而优美,或小而不足。它也可以形容細長或窄的東西。

word slender
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Collins
slender ★☆☆☆☆
/sle̱ndə(r)/
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]苗条的;纤细的;修长的 A slender person is attractively thin and graceful.
  [approval]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • She was slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.

    她身量苗条,手腕和脚踝曲线玲珑。

  • ...a tall, slender figure in a straw hat...

    头顶草帽、高挑苗条的人影

  • He gazed at her slender neck.

    他凝视着她优美的颈部。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]微弱的;薄弱的;不足的;不充分的 You can use slender to describe a situation which exists but only to a very small degree.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • The United States held a slender lead...

    美国以微弱优势领先。

  • He has won a vote of confidence but only by a slender majority.

    他以微弱多数赢得了信任票。

  • ...the first slender hope of peace.

    初现的一线和平希望


Oxford slen·der / ˈslendə(r) ; NAmE ˈslendər / adjective ( slen·derer , slen·derest ) HELP  You can also use more slenderand most slender. 亦可用 more slender 和 most slender。 1 ( approving) (of people or their bodies 人或人体 ) thin in an attractive or elegant way 苗条的;纤细的 SYN
slim
her slender figure 她苗条的身材 long, slender fingers 修长纤细的手指
2 thin or narrow 细的;窄的 a glass with a slender stem 高脚酒杯 3 small in amount or size and hardly enough 微薄的;不足的 to win by a slender margin/majority 以微弱优势╱多数获胜 people of slender means (= with little money) 穷人 Australia held a slender 1–0 lead at half-time. 澳大利亚队在上半场终时以 1:0 的微弱优势领先。 slen·der·ness / ; NAmE / noun [uncountable ] slender slenderer slenderest
slen·der / ˈslendə(r) ; NAmE ˈslendər / slen·der·ness / ; NAmE /
LDC
slenderslen‧der /ˈslendə $ -ər/ ●○○ adjective
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
1thin in an attractive or graceful way SYN  slim:  She is slender and stylish. Laura’s tall, slender figureslender legs/arms/fingers etc see thesaurus at
thin
2small or very limited in amount or size SYN  slim:  The company only has a slender hope of survival. The Republicans won the election by a slender majority. We had to make the most of our rather slender resources.slenderness noun [uncountable]RegisterSlender sounds rather literary. In everyday English, people usually say slim or thin:· I don’t know how she stays so slim.
WDF

slender

[ˈslendə(r)]

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j6673
3435
90
1999
705
404
237
ADJ11460
42054

Spoken:

115051217
细长的(48%),苗条的(30%),微薄的(21%),少量的(1%)
adj.细长的;苗条的;微薄的

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