份量小、身形纖細
這一族直接就是核心：東西只有一點點。用在程度上是「輕微」，用在身體上就變成「瘦小、纖細」——同樣是「份量不多」的畫面套到人的體型上。
slight (small in degree) · adjective · B2
small in amount or degree; only a little
輕微的
核心畫面
You can picture slight as 'barely there' — so small in amount that it almost slips past you. A slight change, a slight noise: present, but only just, only a little.
可以想成：slight 就是「只有那麼一點點、幾乎察覺不到」。一點小改變、一絲聲響——東西是在的，但份量小到差點被你…更多收起
可以想成：slight 就是「只有那麼一點點、幾乎察覺不到」。一點小改變、一絲聲響——東西是在的，但份量小到差點被你忽略過去。Three branches
用在否定裡強調「絲毫不」
既然 slight 是「最小的一點」,把它放進否定句就成了最強的否定:連那最小的一點都沒有,自然就是「完全沒有、一點也不」。
not the slightest (none at all) · adjective · B2
used with 'not the slightest' to mean none at all, even the smallest amount
一點也沒有的
動詞:把人看小、冷落
動詞是把「小、不重要」這個意思用到對人的態度上:你對某人的舉止,彷彿他份量很輕、不值得認真對待,這種怠慢就會刺傷對方。
snub, hurt someone's feelings · verb · B2
to hurt someone's feelings by treating them rudely or as if they are not important
怠慢／冷落
原始詞典資料21 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Slightname
- 1
A surname from Middle English.
slightadj/slaɪt/
- 1
Minor; small in amount
- The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.
- 2
Minor; small in amount
- give it a slight kick
- a slight hint of cinnamon
- 3
Minor; small in amount
- make a slight examination
- 4
Minor; small in amount
- we made a slight mistake
- a slight pain
- 5
archaicrareMinor; small in amount
- in the slight future
- 6
Of slender build.
- a slight but graceful woman
- his own figure, which was formerly so slight
- 7
regionalEven, smooth or level.
- A slight stone
- 8
Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- The sea was slight and calm
另外 3 個記錄的用法
- 9
obsoleteFoolish; silly; not intellectual.
- But no beast ever was so slight, For man, as for his god, to fight; They have more wit, alas! and know Themselves and us better than so.
- 10
obsoleteregionalBad, of poor quality.
- 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles
- 11
datedSlighting; treating with disdain.
- This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]
slightverb/slaɪt/
- 1
To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies
- 2
To give lesser weight or importance to.
- Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.
- 3
To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.
- 4
To act negligently or carelessly.
- 5
governmentmilitarypoliticsTo render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison
- 6
obsoleteTo make even or level.
- After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.
- 7
To throw heedlessly.
- The rogue slighted me into the river.
slightnoun/slaɪt/
- 1
The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
- But you, you're not allowed You're uninvited An unfortunate slight
- 2
obsoleteSleight.
- For till that stownd could never wight him harme, By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。