slender
/ˈslendə(r)/adjective
slenderer, slenderest
1
- (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin(人, 身体部位)苗条的, 修长的, 纤细的:
her slender neck.
她修长的脖子。
1.1
- (especially of a rod or stem) of small girth or breadth(尤指竿、枝或茎)细长的:
slender iron railings.
细长的铁栏杆。
2
- (of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis(抽象事物)微薄的; 不足的; 微弱的:
people of slender means
收入微薄的人
a slender majority of four.
四票的微弱多数。
派生词
slenderly
adverbslenderness
noun词源
late Middle English: of unknown origin.