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slenderness

/slen-der/US // ˈslɛn dər //UK // (ˈslɛndə) //

苗条程度,苗条性,纤细,苗条度

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    slen·der·er, slen·der·est.

    • : having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
    • : thin or slight; light and graceful: slender youths.
    • : small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager: a slender income.
    • : having little value, force, or justification: slender prospects.
    • : thin or weak, as sound.

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Examples

  • Bright flowers fringed the patio, and slender trees cast ragged patches of shade on the sidewalk.

  • At 73, Rhodes-Johnson wore her blond hair swept back, slender hoops in her ears.

  • From a bite of cracker they are able to extract all of the nourishment that simply slides unabsorbed through the digestive tract of slender types.

  • The slender body of the pen also feels lightweight and looks sophisticated, and the whole set can be stored easily, too.

  • Recent studies have begun to identify the cells in the olfactory epithelium, a slender sheet of tissue that lines part of the nasal cavity, that seem vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

  • They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.

  • Both are slender, toned, and have the butts of Victoria Secret models.

  • A fat red turret squatted at each corner of the building; six slender ones overlooked the parapets and gables.

  • It had an unusual appearance created by its long, slender wings.

  • Maps, frequently based on slender suppositions, were cued up.

  • Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

  • One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.

  • He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.

  • Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).

  • The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.

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