slender

adj.苗条的；微薄的；柔弱的

adj.

1. 苗条的；纤细的
   thin in an attractive or elegant way
   1. her slender figure
      她苗条的身材
   2. long, slender fingers
      修长纤细的手指
2. 细的；窄的
   thin or narrow
   1. a glass with a slender stem
      高脚酒杯
3. 微薄的；不足的
   small in amount or size and hardly enough
   1. to win by a slender margin/majority
      以微弱优势 / 多数获胜
   2. people of slender means (= with little money)
      穷人
   3. Australia held a slender 1–0 lead at half-time.
      澳大利亚队在上半场终时以1:0的微弱优势领先。

现在分词:slendering

slender 苗条的，纤细的

构成 slide 的鼻音化形容词形式，词义由光滑引申比喻义苗条的，纤细的。

1. Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage erect.
   她长腿细臀，身姿笔直。
2. Blonde and slender, she was too striking to escape their attention.
   金发细腰的她太引人注目了，他们很难不注意到她。
3. My idea of physical perfection is to be very slender.
   在我看来，要拥有完美身材就要非常苗条。
4. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
   建筑工人在8根细柱上架起轻巧的混凝土穹顶。
5. She was slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.
   她身量苗条，手腕和脚踝曲线玲珑。
6. He gazed at her slender neck.
   他凝视着她优美的颈部。
7. The United States held a slender lead
   美国以微弱优势领先。
8. The slender stalks are weighed down with flowers.
   纤细的花梗被花儿压弯了。
9. She has a slender waist.
   她的腰身很细。
10. How unseemly are these weak and slender feet!
    这几只无力而细长的脚是多么不相称！
11. The slender willow branches were swaying gently in the breeze.
    细柔的柳枝迎风摇曳。
12. He fumbled the one slender chance we had.
    他贻误了我们获得的一个微小的机会。
13. This paper studies the effect of vectoring jet on the transverse aerodynamic characteristics of a slender body.
    采用测压方法研究了矢量喷流对细长旋成体大迎角非对称流动的影响特性。
14. Slender flexible branches or twigs ( especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork.
    细长柔韧的枝或嫩条（尤指柳或一些藤茎植物），用于枝编工艺。
15. Long beards and long slender limbs.
    长长的胡须和修长的四肢。
16. Slender mole having a long snout and tail.
    鼻子和尾巴都很长的瘦长型鼩鼹。
17. African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs.
    非洲灌木，有横卧的茎和苗条的黄色的有蜂蜜香的叶子，或单独或成双生长。
18. She has a tall slender figure.
    她个高，身材苗条。
19. One can also go for a slender necklace that fall half-way amid the neckline and the neck.
    人们也可以去一个细长项链属于中途际的领口和脖子。
20. A bowling game using slender pins and a ball smaller than that used in tenpins.
    一种保龄球游戏，使用细长的球柱和小于保龄球游戏中所用的球。
21. With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine, we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.
    乔丹用她那纤细的、金黄色的手臂挽着我的手臂，我们走下了台阶，在花园里闲逛。
22. Fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green parsleylike fronds.
    欧洲和小亚细亚一带具有短小剑状根茎和亮绿的似欧芹复叶的一种丛生蕨类。
23. Relatively slender blue-gray shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters.
    比较细长的蓝色鲨鱼；几乎分布在世界各地的热带和温带水域。
24. It's for my daughter who's about my height but more slender.
    是给我女儿做的，她和我差不多高，但比我苗条。
25. Slim swans and slender skunks swim in the slippery slime.
    苗条的天鹅和纤细的臭鼬在滑滑的黏泥上游泳。
26. Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.
    北半球终年植物，有纤细的茎干和铃状花。
27. I have a slender body and a long, rounded nose.
    我身体细长，鼻子长圆形。
28. A high-rise building is nothing but a slender, vertical, cantilevered beam resisting lateral and vertical loads.
    高层建筑物其实就是一细长的、能抵挡横向和垂直荷载的垂直悬臂梁。一种集体意志在这个故事里是没有约制的，横冲直闯的，是一种无人阻挡的寻欢之旅。
29. Tendril A slender structure found in plants, used for twining and support.
    卷须：植物中存在的一种纤细的结构，用于缠绕并起支持作用。