slim /ˈslɪm/
(a.)瘦的,苗條的,微小的,稀少的,無價值的(vi.)變苗條(vt.)使苗條
Slim a. [Compar. Slimmer superl. Slimmest.]
1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. “That was a slim excuse.”
3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.
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slim
adj 1: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a
willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl
with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure
cross the street" [syn: slender, slight]
2: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: slender]
v : take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slenderize,
thin, slim down] [ant: gain]
[also: slimmest, slimmer]