slender

slender

英 ['slendə]
　　美 ['slɛndɚ]

adj. 細長的；苗條的；微薄的

adj.(形容詞)slender可作“修長的,苗條的”解,用於女士指身段胖瘦相宜,或體態苗條且優雅輕盈,用於男士指體態輕盈,常含稱贊之意。

中文詞源：

slender 苗條的，纖細的

構成 slide 的鼻音化形容詞形式，詞義由光滑引申比喻義苗條的，纖細的。

例句：

1. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
建築工人在8根細柱上架起輕巧的混凝土穹頂。

2. My idea of physical perfection is to be very slender.
在我看來，要擁有完美身材就要非常苗條。

3. Blonde and slender, she was too striking to escape their attention.
金發細腰的她太引人註目瞭，他們很難不註意到她。

4. Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage erect.
她長腿細臀，身姿筆直。

5. She was a small woman, slender and neatly made.
她是一個玲瓏嬌小的女士，身材苗條勻稱。