单词 | svelte |
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音标 | [svelt] |
解释 | a.(女人)体态苗条的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj.(女人)体态苗条 的 (slender, lithe) 【考】 反义词:plump(丰满 的); paunchy and awkward(胖而笨的) 【例】 Her figure is svelte.(她身体苗条) |
字源 | svelte (adj.) "slender, lithe," 1817, from French svelte "slim, slender" (17c.), from Italian svelto "slim, slender," originally "pulled out, lengthened," past participle of svellere "to pluck or root out," from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + vellere "to pluck, stretch," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of root *wel- (4) "to tear, pull." |
不择手段背单词 | adj. (女人)体态苗条的 = slim 【记】svel = swell(v 使膨胀), te她: 使她的某些部份膨胀-苗条的. 【反】plump(adj 圆胖的; 丰满的); paunchy and awkward(胖而笨的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】sweater 毛衣,女朋友穿着毛线衣显得很苗条;sweet 甜美可爱的,用来形容苗条的少女 |
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