slender
英 [ˈslendə(r)] 美 [ˈslɛndɚ]

adj.

苗条的；微薄的；柔弱的；

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 苗条的,修长的 delicately or gracefully thin in the body; not fat
2. 细长的,薄的 thin compared to length or height; not wide or thick
3. 微薄的 slight; small and hardly enough

英英释义

slender[ 'slendə ]

• adj.
  • being of delicate or slender build

    "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"

    同义词：slightslimsvelte

  • very narrow

    同义词：thin

  • having little width in proportion to the length or height

    "a slender pole"

  • small in quantity

    "slender wages"

    同义词：slim

  • moving and bending with ease

    同义词：lissomelissomlithelithesomesupplesveltesylphlike

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• slender book薄书
• slender figure苗条的身材
• slender majority微弱多数

词组短语

slender body细长体；瘦长体

同近义词辨析

lean, slim, slight, slender, thin

这组词都有“瘦的”的意思，其区别是：

lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦，也可能因饥饿而消瘦。也指身体消瘦，但肌肉结实，身体健康。

slim指身体的细长，体重轻不着重外形的优美，可用于不同的性别，常用于减轻体重的人。

slight指身材又瘦又小。

slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中，多用于指女性。

thin普通用词，指腰细、骨架窄，常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. It was a long, slender stick of vivid yellow.
   那是一根鲜黄色的又细又长的粉笔。
2. All girls want to be slender.
   所有女孩都希望苗条。
3. She was slender and had long dark hair.
   她身材苗条，有一头长长的黑发。
4. The daughter was to have but a slender provision.
   女儿只能得到一份菲薄的嫁妆。
5. A slender smile still flickered across her face.
   她脸上闪过一丝微笑。
6. A slender hope still flickered within him.
   他心中仍闪出一线希望。

权威例句

Note on the swimming of slender fish
The fluid mechanics of slender wing rock
Note on the swimming of slender fish. J Fluid Mech 9:305-317
Fluid-Structure Interactions: Slender Structures and Axial Flow
The dynamic behaviour of slender structures with cross-sectional cracks
Slender rice mutant is caused by null mutation of the SLR gene, an ortholog of the height-regulating gene GAI/RGA/RHT/D8.
Mimicking the lotus effect: influence of double roughness structures and slender pillars.
Falling apart and merging: diversification of slender salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps ) in the American West
Osteoporosis of the Slender Smoker: Vertebral Compression Fractures and Loss of Metacarpal Cortex in Relation to Postmenopausal Ciga...
The Gibberellin Signaling Pathway Is Regulated by the Appearance and Disappearance of SLENDER RICE1 in Nuclei