核心畫面
Picture something narrow measured across, with a clean line and nothing extra on it — a person's build, or a phone you can slide into a shirt pocket. 'Slim' is thin in a way that looks right, not thin in a way that worries you. From that shape comes a second use: when an amount is so narrow it has almost nothing left in it — a slim chance, a slim lead.
可以想成：一個橫過去量起來很窄的東西，線條乾淨、身上沒有多餘的部分——一個人的體型，或一支塞得進襯衫口袋的手機。sl…更多收起
可以想成：一個橫過去量起來很窄的東西，線條乾淨、身上沒有多餘的部分——一個人的體型，或一支塞得進襯衫口袋的手機。slim 的「瘦」是看起來好看的那種瘦，不是讓人擔心的那種（那會用 skinny 或 too thin）。從這個形狀再往外延伸一步：當一個數量窄到裡面幾乎不剩什麼，也叫 slim——a slim chance 就是那條機會細得快要看不見了。原始詞典資料17 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。
Slimname/slɪm/
- 1
A surname.
- 2
A male given name.
slimadj詞源 1/ˈslɪm/
- 1
Slender; thin.
- Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.
- 2
Slender; thin.
- 3
Slender; thin.
- 4
Slender; thin.
- 5
Very small, tiny.
- I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.
- Juries who will convict on the slimmest evidence.
- 6
Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- A slimly-shod lad;
- a slimly-made cart.
- 7
obsoleteSly, crafty.
slimnoun詞源 1/ˈslɪm/
- 1
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
- I only smoke slims.
- 2
regionalA potato farl.
- 3
AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
- As in the West, only about 50 per cent of patients with slim fully investigated will have a putative pathogen identified.
- 4
slangCocaine.
slimverb詞源 1/ˈslɪm/
- 1
To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
- 2
To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。