- (approving)
(of a person )人 thin, in a way that is attractive 苗条的;纤细的 a slim figure/body/waist 苗条的体形/身材;纤细的腰肢 She was tall and slim. 她是个瘦高个儿。 How do you manage to stay so slim? 你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的? - (figurative)
Many companies are a lot slimmer than they used to be (= have fewer workers). 许多公司的员工比过去少多了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancea2Step exercises can help make you slim. 登阶运动有助于保持身材苗条。 dieters who get slim using these methods 用这些方法变得苗条的节食者
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
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- extremely
- fairly
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- tall and slim
thinner than usual 单薄的 a slim volume of poetry 一本薄薄的诗集
not as big as you would like or expect synonym small微薄的;不足的;少的;小的 see also slimmer, slimming
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin.