slender 音标拼音: [sl'ɛndɚ]
a . 纤细的,苗条的;微少的,微薄的
纤细的,苗条的;微少的,微薄的
slender 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 " [
synonym : {
slender }, {
slight }, {
slim }, {
svelte }]
2 :
very narrow ; "
a thin line across the page " [
synonym : {
slender },
{
thin }]
3 :
having little width in proportion to the length or height ; "
a slender pole "
4 :
small in quantity ; "
slender wages "; "
a slim chance of winning "; "
a small surplus " [
synonym : {
slender }, {
slim }]
5 :
moving and bending with ease [
synonym : {
lissome }, {
lissom },
{
lithe }, {
lithesome }, {
slender }, {
supple }, {
svelte },
{
sylphlike }]
Slender \
Slen "
der \,
a . [
Compar . {
Slenderer };
superl .
{
Slenderest }.] [
OE .
slendre ,
sclendre ,
fr .
OD .
slinder thin ,
slender ,
perhaps through a French form ;
cf .
OD .
slinderen ,
slidderen ,
to creep ;
perh .
akin to E .
slide .]
1 .
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height ;
not thick ;
slim ;
as ,
a slender stem or stalk of a plant .
"
A slender ,
choleric man ." --
Chaucer .
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She ,
as a veil down to the slender waist ,
Her unadorned golden tresses wore . --
Milton .
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2 .
Weak ;
feeble ;
not strong ;
slight ;
as ,
slender hope ;
a slender constitution .
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Mighty hearts are held in slender chains . --
Pope .
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They have inferred much from slender premises . --
J .
H .
Newman .
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The slender utterance of the consonants . --
J .
Byrne .
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3 .
Moderate ;
trivial ;
inconsiderable ;
slight ;
as ,
a man of slender intelligence .
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A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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4 .
Small ;
inadequate ;
meager ;
pitiful ;
as ,
slender means of support ;
a slender pittance .
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Frequent begging makes slender alms . --
Fuller .
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5 .
Spare ;
abstemious ;
frugal ;
as ,
a slender diet .
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The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence .
--
Philips .
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6 . (
Phon .)
Uttered with a thin tone ; --
the opposite of broad ;
as ,
the slender vowels long e and i .
[
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Slen "
der *
ly },
adv . -- {
Slen "
der *
ness },
n .
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191 Moby Thesaurus words for "
slender ":
Junoesque ,
Lenten ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
agreeable ,
airy ,
amply endowed ,
angustifoliate ,
angustirostrate ,
angustisellate ,
angustiseptal ,
ascetic ,
asinine ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
austere ,
becoming ,
bonny ,
boyish ,
braw ,
built ,
built for comfort ,
buxom ,
callipygian ,
callipygous ,
catchpenny ,
circumscribed ,
close ,
close -
fitting ,
comely ,
confined ,
constricted ,
cramp ,
cramped ,
crowded ,
curvaceous ,
curvy ,
deficient ,
delicate ,
diaphanous ,
diluted ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
empty ,
ethereal ,
exiguous ,
fair ,
fat ,
fatuous ,
feeble ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
flimsy ,
foolish ,
frail ,
fribble ,
fribbling ,
frivolous ,
frothy ,
frugal ,
futile ,
gauzy ,
girlish ,
goddess -
like ,
good -
looking ,
goodly ,
gossamer ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
idle ,
impoverished ,
inadequate ,
inane ,
incapacious ,
incommodious ,
insignificant ,
insubstantial ,
insufficient ,
isthmian ,
isthmic ,
jejune ,
lacy ,
lanky ,
lean ,
light ,
likely ,
limited ,
lissome ,
lithe ,
little ,
lovely to behold ,
meager ,
mean ,
miserly ,
misty ,
narrow ,
near ,
negligible ,
niggardly ,
nugacious ,
nugatory ,
off ,
otiose ,
outside ,
paltry ,
papery ,
parsimonious ,
personable ,
pleasing ,
pneumatic ,
poor ,
presentable ,
puny ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
reedy ,
remote ,
restricted ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scarce ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimpy ,
shallow ,
shapely ,
shy ,
sightly ,
silly ,
skimp ,
skimpy ,
slenderish ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
small ,
spare ,
sparing ,
stacked ,
starvation ,
statuesque ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
strait ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
subtle ,
superficial ,
svelte ,
sylphlike ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
tight ,
trifling ,
trim ,
trite ,
trivial ,
twiggy ,
unlikely ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
vacuous ,
vague ,
vain ,
vapid ,
wanting ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
well -
built ,
well -
favored ,
well -
formed ,
well -
made ,
well -
proportioned ,
well -
shaped ,
well -
stacked ,
willowy ,
windy ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy
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