變細這件事，和讓人看起來細的東西
兩個用法共用同一個形狀，只差在那個形狀是真的改變了，還是只是看起來如此。
noun · B2
The activity of trying to make yourself thinner, by eating less, taking exercise, and so on.
減重；瘦身
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: slim is a shape, and the -ing form is that shape being worked towards. From there the word splits along a simple line — whether the narrower shape is real or only what the eye sees. Eating less and moving more is the first; a dark jacket is the second. Same word, and the sentence tells you which side you are on.
可以想成：slim 是一個「細」的形狀，加上 -ing 就變成「往那個形狀走」。接下來這個字沿著一條很簡單的線分開：…更多收起
可以想成：slim 是一個「細」的形狀，加上 -ing 就變成「往那個形狀走」。接下來這個字沿著一條很簡單的線分開：那個比較細的樣子，是真的，還是只有眼睛看到的。少吃、多動，是真的那一邊；一件深色外套，是看起來的那一邊。同一個字，靠句子判斷是哪一邊。One branch
原始詞典資料4 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。
Slimmingname
- 1
A surname.
slimmingadj
- 1
Making a person seem or become slimmer.
- She bought the jeans without trying them on because the salesperson said they were slimming.
- He's trying to lose weight by drinking slimming tea.
slimmingnoun
- 1
The process of making or becoming slimmer.
- We have become accustomed to Thatcherite slimmings of the system — massive ward closures punctuated from time to time by the royal opening of an Aids unit for ten patients, but here is something new.
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。