slender  /sl'ɛndɚ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  slender
  (a.)纖細的,苗條的;微少的,微薄的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. {Slenderer}; superl.
     {Slenderest}.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin,
     slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen,
     slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
     1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height;
        not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
        ``A slender, choleric man.'' --Chaucer.
  
              She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her
              unadorned golden tresses wore.        --Milton.
  
     2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a
        slender constitution.
  
              Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope.
  
              They have inferred much from slender premises. --J.
                                                    H. Newman.
  
              The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne.
  
     3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of
        slender intelligence.
  
              A slender degree of patience will enable him to
              enjoy both the humor and the pathos.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of
        support; a slender pittance.
  
              Frequent begging makes slender alms.  --Fuller.
  
     5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
  
              The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender
              table with his presence.              --Philips.
  
     6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of
        broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. --
        {Slen"der*ly}, adv. -- {Slen"der*ness}, n.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  slender
       adj 1: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a
              willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl
              with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure
              cross the street" [syn: {slight}, {slim}]
       2: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: {thin}]
       3: having little width in proportion to the length or height;
          "a slender pole"
       4: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
          winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: {slim}]
       5: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissome},
           {lissom}, {lithe}, {lithesome}, {supple}, {svelte}, {sylphlike}]