Definition of slim in English:

slim

adjectiveslimmest, slimmer slɪmslɪm

1(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender.
（人，身材）细长的，苗条的；纤细的
her slim figure
她苗条的身材。
the girls were tall and slim
姑娘们身材修长。
Example sentencesExamples
- The male is described as of thin build, slim features, 6ft, short brown hair, early 30s, wearing a long, black scruffy coat.
- He is about 5ft 4in tall, of slim build, with a thin face.
- They are looking for a black male, 22 years old, six feet tall with a slim build, a thin mustache, wearing a gray shirt and jeans.
- One was slim build, with short dark hair and 5ft 9ins tall.
- Her dress was straight out of a fairytale, with its light, graceful layers that served to accentuate the woman's slim build.
- Her slim figure and graceful movements suggested to him that she knew how to quietly slip into a room, or to turn it into a swirling storm of attention.
- But if that's the case how come you are so slim and slender?
- His accomplice was white, 5ft 9in, of slim build and in his 20s.
- She was slim, and wearing figure hugging black trousers and an elbow length wine coloured top.
- I was built with very small bones, resulting in my slim figure.
- Her figure was slim and pretty, her fingers slender and graceful as she steadfastly worked at her stitching.
- She was slim but not thin, and her golden skin seemed to glow in the candlelight.
- The other was slightly shorter at 5ft 8in tall and of slim build.
- She was of average build and had a nice, slim figure.
- Few can deny that girls in Shanghai are more and more stylish, with dyed hair, high-soled shoes, slim figures and above all, clothes with less material.
- His skin was very pale and he was slim and not built up at all.
- But if you're slim and trim, then you can have a blast.
- He was slim and strong, built like a rapier and just as fast.
- Racing up to the entrance, Nick saw a slim man leaned up against the wall, clutching his profusely bleeding wrist.
- He was slim to medium build, with cropped, mousy brown hair and spoke with a local accent.
Synonyms
slender, lean, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissom, graceful, snake-hipped, rangy, clean-limbed, trim, slight, slightly built
thin, as thin as a reed, skinny, size-zero, spare, attenuated, lanky, spindly
rare gracile, attenuate
1. 1.1 (of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape.
  （物）狭长的
  a slim gold band encircled her wrist
  她手腕上有一条精细的金箍。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Manufacturer and retail catalogs also featured the guard or keeper ring, a plain slim gold band worn over the diamond ring to keep it in place.
  It is also seen in the style of some mosques and minarets with their slim and ornate shapes, as well as in public buildings such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Qurm.
  Putting the cloth aside, she held a slim, gold hilted sword in her hand.
  She wore a slim gold band around her head, a white tunic, and jeans and boots.
  Most satisfying is that each image is a gem with only a slim band of white space separating one from another.
  Several of the more modern ornaments are elegant in form and shape and can be stylishly worn on a slim chain around the neck.
  New recruits should opt for slim ties - narrow to medium-narrow width.
  This combination of materials was just not conducive to the slim shape that was needed to smoothly penetrate the ocean of air.
  She gave a sigh of disgust, her eyes narrowing behind her slim glasses.
  As he does, Martina opens the box, revealing a slim, white gold ring.
  Even in the winter of his years, he maintained his slim necktie, suspicious glances, overall decency and a peculiar use of his fedora onstage.
  It's gold and has a slim strap with a narrow oval face, which sparkles as if it had been sprinkled with extra fine glitter.
  Instead, a slim band marks and secures the precise joining of the vessel's single sheet of bent brass at the front.
  He grabbed it and unsheathed it, admiring the slim silver blade and the connoisseur smith who had shaped it.
  There's more body movement, though - the hand on the chin is a favourite, showing off the unflashy watch and slim wedding band.
  I slid a slim silver band off of my left ring finger.
  He gave her a slim gold band that once belonged to his mother, and she gave him violets, her favorite flower.
  Both ladies were wearing slim gold circlets studded with diamonds, which marked them as princesses.
  Leonard combines these shapes with slim rectangles of varying sizes that seem to trim or buttress the larger shapes.
  Trousers are slim and close to the leg, slightly flaring at the shoe.
  She wore slim rectangular, gold glasses that were at the end of her nose.
  Synonyms
  narrow, slender, slimline
2. 1.2 (of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim.
  （衣服）修长的；紧身的
  a pair of slim, immaculately cut trousers
  一条紧身的、做工完美的裤子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Just so you know, slim suits look fine, but tight suits lean toward the tacky side. starching your shirt
  It's not just her look - wraparound pearlescent shades, ponytail, simple white T shirt with slim jeans.
  A lot more robust seems Ane Urkizu's range of asymmetric shapes and screen printed fabrics made into pencil skirts and slim fit trousers.
  Concealed beneath the dress were slim black slippers, and thin gold bands glinted on wrists and fingers.
  Fall's slim coat has a retro feel that works well with the season's more refined and polished looks.
  The dress was slim and had a small slit at the back.
  His styles were luxurious, with credits to the 1950s in slim suits and dresses, and wide picture hats.
  Other hip, comfy alternatives include layering it over jeans or slim pants.
  So try to keep the silhouettes simple with full-cut shirts tucked into slim pants or pencil skirts.
  She wore a plain dress of gold, which was slim but not skin-tight.
  Aimed at a more mature woman, there were plenty of slim skirts teamed with jackets and T-shirts.
  She was in a tight, slim coat, with legs as long as my body, and she had high cheekbones and perfect straight hair.
  I don't think I could even if I wanted to - a lot of women's jeans are cut so slim, tight and stretchy, there isn't room to tuck in.
  Big, poufed dresses can be overpowering on a tall woman, and very slim dresses can make you look even taller.
  Her mother was sparkling in a slim gown fitted with diamonds to resemble the sky.
  A slim satin trousersuit appeared to have been stitched from a rising sun flag.
3. 1.3 (of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient.
  （公司或其他组织）精简的
  companies will extract all possible productivity gains from their slimmer workforces before adding people
  Example sentencesExamples
  We have not got a figure but we know at the end of the three years we will have to be a slimmer organisation.
  It's inevitable there will be some job losses and we're going to be a slimmer organisation but the changes will occur in phases.
2(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small.
（抽象事物，尤指机会、份额）小的；少的
there was just a slim chance of success
只有很渺茫的成功机会。
a slim majority of sixteen
Example sentencesExamples
- But realistically the pair have only a slim chance of medal success in that final.
- Knowing full well that the chances of someone actually being on the other line were slim to none, she answered the phone nonetheless.
- The likelihood of that appeared very slim in a country where the president and prime minister regularly exchange public insults.
- Coach Dan Issel surely will continue to search for the elusive big man he coveted in July, but the odds of finding someone who can make much difference appear slim.
- But the chances that his diet caused his narrowed arteries are slim to none.
- However, the prospects for discontinuous, disruptive change appear slim.
- He also collected a silver medal in the 50m freestyle in which he was pipped at the post for the gold by a very slim 0.04 of a second margin in another PB swim.
- Sort of suggests that it's not the slim possibility that the band might have a couple of extra ounces on them that's the problem they're facing, Louis.
- Having said that, the chances of finding any such gold are slim.
- Giving birth seems like a fragile process, fraught with danger, with a slim chance of success - rather than a completely natural thing as it should be.
- The prospects of agreement on a devolution package in the near future appear slim, however.
- She has a slim chance of success, yet the financial world is slowly replacing their faith in her appeal.
- As stated above, the potential for the development of delta agonists into clinically useful agents for the treatment of severe pain appears slim.
- Buoyed by the slim margin, the Carlow border side rallied from the restart.
- Right now an alien who crosses the border knows that he stands a very slim chance, if any at all, of being caught once he's here.
- Most English Catholics were appalled by news of the plot, realizing the slim chance of success, and that failure would lead to further repression.
- Opportunities to break into the first team at Preston appear to be slim, with five other players ahead of him in the pecking order at Deepdale.
- The chances are slim that any change would be made.
- Oakenshaw only fielded five players, which is never a good tactic, and their hopes of surviving the drop appear slim.
- By contrast, the literature on Britain appears to be surprisingly slim and tends to make repeated reference to the same or similar lists of crimes and cases.
Synonyms
slight, small, slender, faint, feeble, poor, flimsy, tenuous, fragile, negligible, marginal, minimal
outside, remote, distant, unlikely, improbable
3South African Crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.
〈南非〉诡计多端的；狡猾的；不择手段的
Example sentencesExamples
- That's all the mannetjie with the forked tail, bad breath and sulphur body odour is waiting for, slim sales talk.
Synonyms
deceitful, duplicitous, fraudulent, counterfeit, sham, bogus, cheating, underhand, cunning, crafty, sly, guileful, scheming, perfidious, treacherous, machiavellian, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false

verbslims, slimmed, slimming slɪmslɪm

[no object]British

1Make oneself thinner, especially by dieting.
if he's overweight, he should slim
Example sentencesExamples
- A nutrition expert slammed the ‘lose weight’ order saying the pop world had gone mad if the girls had been told to slim down.
- He'd begun to slim down just before he was cast in Hercules and had to quickly put that process into reverse.
- Again it took three months of sweat to slim down to Air Force standards.
- For anyone trying to slim down, a body-fat test is a better way to monitor progress than the scale is.
- But if you want to slim down, consider some additional ways to reduce your fat intake.
- Then a new job as a spa chef in Hawaii motivated her to slim down.
- Huezo's husband has a grapefruit-sized lump in his stomach where he had injections to slim down.
- If they don't slim down by age 20, their life expectancy will drop by up to 20 years.
- But, having slimmed down on a specially designed diet and training regime, the two-time Golden Boot winner has begun to recapture the form that once made him the most prolific marksman in world football.
- Take some omega - 3 supplements before your daily workout, and you may slim down.
- She said her weight loss had inspired her to get to work and help other people to slim down.
- For the sake of her heart and her health, I wish she could slim down a little, but that said, she is a one-off who has made it to the top and deserves to stay there for a while.
- At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.
- Good nutrition is crucial when you're attempting to slim down.
- Sometimes a jockey is unable to slim down to the weight allocated to a particular horse.
- Although Gemma has been a keen supporter of strongman competitions since she was small, she only started training in a gym six months ago, in an attempt to slim down for her singing career.
- She had bought a gown three sizes too small hoping to slim down to fit it.
- And overweight people have to decide for themselves whether they want to slim down.
- With half of all Britons overweight, the government's plan to get us to slim down looks like a daunting task.
- He was told by Davis to slim down by the next minicamp, which was held last week.
Synonyms
lose weight, get thinner, lose some pounds, shed some pounds, lose some inches, get into shape, shape up, reduce, diet, go on a diet
1. 1.1with object Make (a person or part of the body) thinner, especially by dieting.
  how can I slim down my hips?
  我怎么才能缩减臀围？
  Example sentencesExamples
  And the tiny straps of her stiletto heels slimmed her already perfect pins to the ideal.
  I am consistent with my eating habits and exercise routine but still cannot slim down my hips and thighs.
  In response to that belief the food industry introduced thousands of new reduced fat products designed to slim waistlines.
  His body was slimmed down for endurance, but he still had the muscles that bespoke several trips to the gym each week.
  And the profits of some other multinationals have been hit as Americans try to slim their ever-expanding waistlines.
  Women are reported to have liposuction to slim down tubby toes, or unsightly misshapen bones whittled smooth by laser.
  Slimming your waist and hips will contribute to the illusion of broader shoulders.
  Operations that shave jawbones to slim the face are also in demand throughout Southeast Asia.
  Pop culture glamorizes their muscular bodies but, at the same time, is more preoccupied than ever with slimming women down to an impossible ideal.
2. 1.2with object Reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient.
  （公司或其他组织）精简的
  restructuring and slimming down the organization
  重组并精简组织。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Therefore it may not be possible to slim down an area as much as you might like.
  The import and the significance of it, in fact, is deepening while the world seems to be bit by bit switching off or slimming down its view of this war.
  A better choice would be slimming down our immense private health-care bureaucracy and switching to a simpler single-payer system.
  He wants to slim down the civil service to free money for extra spending on health, education, defence and housing.
  Kirchhof believes he can slim down or scrap more than 90,000 tax rules and 418 tax exemptions.
  Five boxes of business cards were slimmed down to three - two of mine, and one full of other people.
  He said his aim was to slim down the targets to the essential ones, but refused to follow the Liberal Democrats and Tories, who argue they should be abolished altogether.
  The state is slimming down its provision of maintenance and social welfare for the poorest of the poor.
  Have the courage to slim down the size of the workforce.
  Some of the big news sites tried coping by slimming down the size of their pages and adding servers, but this helped only marginally.
  Observers hope Mr Koizumi is more successful at slimming down the spending.
  Sir Peter Gershon, who masterminded a recent report on slimming down the public sector, was a former senior executive in the defence and electronics industries.
  In fact, the loss in value of equity holdings meant some funds needed to slim down their property portfolios.
  Chinese officials are likely to have noted that many foreign businesses have slimmed their operations or withdrawn altogether from the Chinese market, the sources said.
  Among other advantages, the authors note, is the ability to keep people further from harm's way and slim the size of the staff needed.
  This allows you to turn off some features, hopefully slimming down the window manager for use on resource-limited systems.
  Mrs Candler said books would remain important to the Discovery Centre, although the reference side might be slimmed down to reduce duplication.
  Corporatisation has slimmed the size of the postal service and forced the closure of many old post offices.
  Hull Council is ‘top-heavy’ with bureaucracy and needs to be radically slimmed down, new council leader Ken Branson said yesterday.
  Synonyms
  reduce, cut, cut down/back, make cutbacks in, scale down, trim, decrease, diminish, pare down, whittle away, prune
  rationalize, downsize

noun slɪmslɪm

1A course or period of slimming.
瘦身课程（或时期）
a sponsored slim
有赞助的瘦身课程。
Example sentencesExamples
- Susan is also attempting a sponsored walk and Corinne and her husband, David, have started a sponsored slim.
- Scores of money-raising efforts were organised - from raffling a pair of boxing gloves, to a women's sponsored slim.
- All proceeds from the sponsored slim will be donated to the Cancer Society.
- In the report, Mrs Wishick had announced she was doing a sponsored slim on behalf of the British Kidney Patient Association, of which Oliver is a member.
- Anyone wishing to support the sponsored slim can phone Simon and Vicki.
- The priest lost 13 lb in a sponsored slim during the period of Lent.
- A good number of people are taking part in a sponsored slim in organised by a local charity.
- By February the caring team had raised over £2,000 by doing a sponsored slim and holding a coffee morning.
- FAT friends have been given a tour around a hospice to see how cash raised from a sponsored slim will be used.
- A sponsored slim in is taking place over Lent in aid of the Laois Hospice Foundation.
- Treasurer Helen Smith has been working steadily on a sponsored slim in preparation for a daring wing walk at Elvington Airfield on August Bank Holiday weekend.
- But as it was just after Christmas, Mrs Millar decided to try a sponsored slim among the pupils' parents and it proved successful.
- He says he will not be led into temptation as he embarks on a sponsored slim during the period of Lent.
- She lost two stones over the course of a year for a sponsored slim that raised £320 for the hospital.
2mass noun A term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of the severe weight-loss they called it Slim disease.
- But their phenomenal wealth led them all into bad ways and the slim disease - Aids - has finally caught up with almost all of them.
- The virus that caused the syndrome that came to be known as AIDS, and that Ugandansrecognise as Slim, was only formally identified in 1984.

Derivatives

slimly

adverb

The slimly built paceman bowled lengthy spells without compromising on his intensity, and struck a few key blows.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is tall, refined, slimly athletic, and from old money.
- He was slimly built but had a quiet strength about him that told her that this was no ordinary man.
- He was several inches shorter than herself, slimly built, and draped in colorful clothes.
- The slimly built local lad is in the form of his life and with each outing he seems to improve.

slimness

noun ˈslɪmnəsˈslɪmnəs

Instead, the designers have infused an ingenious ‘bias’ cut into their women's collections that creates the illusion of slimness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Like strength to an ancient hunter and productivity to an ancient woman, slimness to a modern woman reflects self-control, self-sacrifice and good taste.
- Wise beyond his years he may be, but in terms of physique, the 21-year-old Scot knows there is some way to go before the slimness of adolescence is replaced by the muscular body of the big hitters.
- Experts said that the blind trust on slimness formed a bias against fat people, who may lose confidence and become depressed and pessimistic.
- We live in an age when beauty is associated with slimness, and women everywhere are spending their money and expending their energies on trying to achieve this fashion ideal.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning 'slanting, cross, bad'), of Germanic origin. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim 'lazy or worthless person'; compare with the South African usage 'crafty, sly' (sense 3 of the adjective).

Slim may now be something we aspire to be, but it comes from a Low German or Dutch base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim ‘lazy or worthless person’ and South African usage still reflects the meaning ‘crafty, sly’. While it came into English in the sense ‘gracefully thin’, it has reflected the sense ‘poor, slight’ as in slim chance (late 17th century).

Rhymes

bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim

Definition of slim in US English:

slim

adjectiveslimslɪm

1(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slenderly built (used approvingly)
（人，身材）细长的，苗条的；纤细的
her slim figure
她苗条的身材。
the girls were tall and slim
姑娘们身材修长。
Example sentencesExamples
- He is about 5ft 4in tall, of slim build, with a thin face.
- Few can deny that girls in Shanghai are more and more stylish, with dyed hair, high-soled shoes, slim figures and above all, clothes with less material.
- But if you're slim and trim, then you can have a blast.
- The male is described as of thin build, slim features, 6ft, short brown hair, early 30s, wearing a long, black scruffy coat.
- His skin was very pale and he was slim and not built up at all.
- They are looking for a black male, 22 years old, six feet tall with a slim build, a thin mustache, wearing a gray shirt and jeans.
- His accomplice was white, 5ft 9in, of slim build and in his 20s.
- One was slim build, with short dark hair and 5ft 9ins tall.
- Her dress was straight out of a fairytale, with its light, graceful layers that served to accentuate the woman's slim build.
- The other was slightly shorter at 5ft 8in tall and of slim build.
- He was slim to medium build, with cropped, mousy brown hair and spoke with a local accent.
- Her slim figure and graceful movements suggested to him that she knew how to quietly slip into a room, or to turn it into a swirling storm of attention.
- She was slim but not thin, and her golden skin seemed to glow in the candlelight.
- Her figure was slim and pretty, her fingers slender and graceful as she steadfastly worked at her stitching.
- Racing up to the entrance, Nick saw a slim man leaned up against the wall, clutching his profusely bleeding wrist.
- But if that's the case how come you are so slim and slender?
- She was of average build and had a nice, slim figure.
- He was slim and strong, built like a rapier and just as fast.
- I was built with very small bones, resulting in my slim figure.
- She was slim, and wearing figure hugging black trousers and an elbow length wine coloured top.
Synonyms
slender, lean, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissom, graceful, snake-hipped, rangy, clean-limbed, trim, slight, slightly built
1. 1.1 (of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape.
  （物）狭长的
  a slim gold band encircled her wrist
  她手腕上有一条精细的金箍。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Both ladies were wearing slim gold circlets studded with diamonds, which marked them as princesses.
  This combination of materials was just not conducive to the slim shape that was needed to smoothly penetrate the ocean of air.
  Most satisfying is that each image is a gem with only a slim band of white space separating one from another.
  He gave her a slim gold band that once belonged to his mother, and she gave him violets, her favorite flower.
  There's more body movement, though - the hand on the chin is a favourite, showing off the unflashy watch and slim wedding band.
  Instead, a slim band marks and secures the precise joining of the vessel's single sheet of bent brass at the front.
  She gave a sigh of disgust, her eyes narrowing behind her slim glasses.
  Putting the cloth aside, she held a slim, gold hilted sword in her hand.
  Even in the winter of his years, he maintained his slim necktie, suspicious glances, overall decency and a peculiar use of his fedora onstage.
  She wore a slim gold band around her head, a white tunic, and jeans and boots.
  Leonard combines these shapes with slim rectangles of varying sizes that seem to trim or buttress the larger shapes.
  Manufacturer and retail catalogs also featured the guard or keeper ring, a plain slim gold band worn over the diamond ring to keep it in place.
  She wore slim rectangular, gold glasses that were at the end of her nose.
  Several of the more modern ornaments are elegant in form and shape and can be stylishly worn on a slim chain around the neck.
  As he does, Martina opens the box, revealing a slim, white gold ring.
  Trousers are slim and close to the leg, slightly flaring at the shoe.
  It's gold and has a slim strap with a narrow oval face, which sparkles as if it had been sprinkled with extra fine glitter.
  New recruits should opt for slim ties - narrow to medium-narrow width.
  I slid a slim silver band off of my left ring finger.
  He grabbed it and unsheathed it, admiring the slim silver blade and the connoisseur smith who had shaped it.
  It is also seen in the style of some mosques and minarets with their slim and ornate shapes, as well as in public buildings such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Qurm.
  Synonyms
  narrow, slender, slimline
2. 1.2 (of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim.
  （衣服）修长的；紧身的
  a pair of slim, immaculately cut slacks
  一条紧身的、做工完美的裤子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's not just her look - wraparound pearlescent shades, ponytail, simple white T shirt with slim jeans.
  Big, poufed dresses can be overpowering on a tall woman, and very slim dresses can make you look even taller.
  So try to keep the silhouettes simple with full-cut shirts tucked into slim pants or pencil skirts.
  A lot more robust seems Ane Urkizu's range of asymmetric shapes and screen printed fabrics made into pencil skirts and slim fit trousers.
  Just so you know, slim suits look fine, but tight suits lean toward the tacky side. starching your shirt
  Aimed at a more mature woman, there were plenty of slim skirts teamed with jackets and T-shirts.
  Fall's slim coat has a retro feel that works well with the season's more refined and polished looks.
  Other hip, comfy alternatives include layering it over jeans or slim pants.
  A slim satin trousersuit appeared to have been stitched from a rising sun flag.
  I don't think I could even if I wanted to - a lot of women's jeans are cut so slim, tight and stretchy, there isn't room to tuck in.
  The dress was slim and had a small slit at the back.
  Concealed beneath the dress were slim black slippers, and thin gold bands glinted on wrists and fingers.
  She wore a plain dress of gold, which was slim but not skin-tight.
  She was in a tight, slim coat, with legs as long as my body, and she had high cheekbones and perfect straight hair.
  His styles were luxurious, with credits to the 1950s in slim suits and dresses, and wide picture hats.
  Her mother was sparkling in a slim gown fitted with diamonds to resemble the sky.
3. 1.3 (of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient.
  （公司或其他组织）精简的
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's inevitable there will be some job losses and we're going to be a slimmer organisation but the changes will occur in phases.
  We have not got a figure but we know at the end of the three years we will have to be a slimmer organisation.
2(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small.
（抽象事物，尤指机会、份额）小的；少的
there was just a slim chance of success
只有很渺茫的成功机会。
the evidence is slim
证据很少。
Example sentencesExamples
- Knowing full well that the chances of someone actually being on the other line were slim to none, she answered the phone nonetheless.
- As stated above, the potential for the development of delta agonists into clinically useful agents for the treatment of severe pain appears slim.
- Oakenshaw only fielded five players, which is never a good tactic, and their hopes of surviving the drop appear slim.
- He also collected a silver medal in the 50m freestyle in which he was pipped at the post for the gold by a very slim 0.04 of a second margin in another PB swim.
- Most English Catholics were appalled by news of the plot, realizing the slim chance of success, and that failure would lead to further repression.
- The prospects of agreement on a devolution package in the near future appear slim, however.
- But the chances that his diet caused his narrowed arteries are slim to none.
- Buoyed by the slim margin, the Carlow border side rallied from the restart.
- Giving birth seems like a fragile process, fraught with danger, with a slim chance of success - rather than a completely natural thing as it should be.
- Opportunities to break into the first team at Preston appear to be slim, with five other players ahead of him in the pecking order at Deepdale.
- By contrast, the literature on Britain appears to be surprisingly slim and tends to make repeated reference to the same or similar lists of crimes and cases.
- Coach Dan Issel surely will continue to search for the elusive big man he coveted in July, but the odds of finding someone who can make much difference appear slim.
- But realistically the pair have only a slim chance of medal success in that final.
- The likelihood of that appeared very slim in a country where the president and prime minister regularly exchange public insults.
- She has a slim chance of success, yet the financial world is slowly replacing their faith in her appeal.
- However, the prospects for discontinuous, disruptive change appear slim.
- The chances are slim that any change would be made.
- Having said that, the chances of finding any such gold are slim.
- Right now an alien who crosses the border knows that he stands a very slim chance, if any at all, of being caught once he's here.
- Sort of suggests that it's not the slim possibility that the band might have a couple of extra ounces on them that's the problem they're facing, Louis.
Synonyms
slight, small, slender, faint, feeble, poor, flimsy, tenuous, fragile, negligible, marginal, minimal

verbslimslɪm

[no object]British

1Make oneself thinner, especially by dieting.
I need to slim down a bit
我必须减点体重。
Example sentencesExamples
- Take some omega - 3 supplements before your daily workout, and you may slim down.
- Then a new job as a spa chef in Hawaii motivated her to slim down.
- He was told by Davis to slim down by the next minicamp, which was held last week.
- For the sake of her heart and her health, I wish she could slim down a little, but that said, she is a one-off who has made it to the top and deserves to stay there for a while.
- And overweight people have to decide for themselves whether they want to slim down.
- Huezo's husband has a grapefruit-sized lump in his stomach where he had injections to slim down.
- But, having slimmed down on a specially designed diet and training regime, the two-time Golden Boot winner has begun to recapture the form that once made him the most prolific marksman in world football.
- Again it took three months of sweat to slim down to Air Force standards.
- Good nutrition is crucial when you're attempting to slim down.
- At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.
- A nutrition expert slammed the ‘lose weight’ order saying the pop world had gone mad if the girls had been told to slim down.
- But if you want to slim down, consider some additional ways to reduce your fat intake.
- He'd begun to slim down just before he was cast in Hercules and had to quickly put that process into reverse.
- With half of all Britons overweight, the government's plan to get us to slim down looks like a daunting task.
- She had bought a gown three sizes too small hoping to slim down to fit it.
- If they don't slim down by age 20, their life expectancy will drop by up to 20 years.
- For anyone trying to slim down, a body-fat test is a better way to monitor progress than the scale is.
- She said her weight loss had inspired her to get to work and help other people to slim down.
- Although Gemma has been a keen supporter of strongman competitions since she was small, she only started training in a gym six months ago, in an attempt to slim down for her singing career.
- Sometimes a jockey is unable to slim down to the weight allocated to a particular horse.
Synonyms
lose weight, get thinner, lose some pounds, shed some pounds, lose some inches, get into shape, shape up, reduce, diet, go on a diet
1. 1.1with object Make (a person or a bodily part) thinner.
  （通过运动、节食等）使…体重减轻；使（人，身体部位）变苗条
  how can I slim down my hips?
  我怎么才能缩减臀围？
  Example sentencesExamples
  Pop culture glamorizes their muscular bodies but, at the same time, is more preoccupied than ever with slimming women down to an impossible ideal.
  And the profits of some other multinationals have been hit as Americans try to slim their ever-expanding waistlines.
  Women are reported to have liposuction to slim down tubby toes, or unsightly misshapen bones whittled smooth by laser.
  Slimming your waist and hips will contribute to the illusion of broader shoulders.
  And the tiny straps of her stiletto heels slimmed her already perfect pins to the ideal.
  His body was slimmed down for endurance, but he still had the muscles that bespoke several trips to the gym each week.
  I am consistent with my eating habits and exercise routine but still cannot slim down my hips and thighs.
  In response to that belief the food industry introduced thousands of new reduced fat products designed to slim waistlines.
  Operations that shave jawbones to slim the face are also in demand throughout Southeast Asia.
2. 1.2with object Reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient.
  （公司或其他组织）精简的
  restructuring and slimming down the organization
  重组并精简组织。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Among other advantages, the authors note, is the ability to keep people further from harm's way and slim the size of the staff needed.
  Some of the big news sites tried coping by slimming down the size of their pages and adding servers, but this helped only marginally.
  The state is slimming down its provision of maintenance and social welfare for the poorest of the poor.
  Five boxes of business cards were slimmed down to three - two of mine, and one full of other people.
  Therefore it may not be possible to slim down an area as much as you might like.
  Corporatisation has slimmed the size of the postal service and forced the closure of many old post offices.
  Have the courage to slim down the size of the workforce.
  This allows you to turn off some features, hopefully slimming down the window manager for use on resource-limited systems.
  Observers hope Mr Koizumi is more successful at slimming down the spending.
  Chinese officials are likely to have noted that many foreign businesses have slimmed their operations or withdrawn altogether from the Chinese market, the sources said.
  He said his aim was to slim down the targets to the essential ones, but refused to follow the Liberal Democrats and Tories, who argue they should be abolished altogether.
  The import and the significance of it, in fact, is deepening while the world seems to be bit by bit switching off or slimming down its view of this war.
  In fact, the loss in value of equity holdings meant some funds needed to slim down their property portfolios.
  A better choice would be slimming down our immense private health-care bureaucracy and switching to a simpler single-payer system.
  Hull Council is ‘top-heavy’ with bureaucracy and needs to be radically slimmed down, new council leader Ken Branson said yesterday.
  Mrs Candler said books would remain important to the Discovery Centre, although the reference side might be slimmed down to reduce duplication.
  Sir Peter Gershon, who masterminded a recent report on slimming down the public sector, was a former senior executive in the defence and electronics industries.
  He wants to slim down the civil service to free money for extra spending on health, education, defence and housing.
  Kirchhof believes he can slim down or scrap more than 90,000 tax rules and 418 tax exemptions.
  Synonyms
  reduce, cut, cut back, cut down, make cutbacks in, scale down, trim, decrease, diminish, pare down, whittle away, prune

nounslimslɪm

1A course or period of slimming.
瘦身课程（或时期）
a sponsored slim
有赞助的瘦身课程。
Example sentencesExamples
- Treasurer Helen Smith has been working steadily on a sponsored slim in preparation for a daring wing walk at Elvington Airfield on August Bank Holiday weekend.
- A sponsored slim in is taking place over Lent in aid of the Laois Hospice Foundation.
- By February the caring team had raised over £2,000 by doing a sponsored slim and holding a coffee morning.
- He says he will not be led into temptation as he embarks on a sponsored slim during the period of Lent.
- Scores of money-raising efforts were organised - from raffling a pair of boxing gloves, to a women's sponsored slim.
- In the report, Mrs Wishick had announced she was doing a sponsored slim on behalf of the British Kidney Patient Association, of which Oliver is a member.
- But as it was just after Christmas, Mrs Millar decided to try a sponsored slim among the pupils' parents and it proved successful.
- A good number of people are taking part in a sponsored slim in organised by a local charity.
- The priest lost 13 lb in a sponsored slim during the period of Lent.
- Anyone wishing to support the sponsored slim can phone Simon and Vicki.
- All proceeds from the sponsored slim will be donated to the Cancer Society.
- Susan is also attempting a sponsored walk and Corinne and her husband, David, have started a sponsored slim.
- She lost two stones over the course of a year for a sponsored slim that raised £320 for the hospital.
- FAT friends have been given a tour around a hospice to see how cash raised from a sponsored slim will be used.
2A term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of the severe weight-loss they called it Slim disease.
- The virus that caused the syndrome that came to be known as AIDS, and that Ugandansrecognise as Slim, was only formally identified in 1984.
- But their phenomenal wealth led them all into bad ways and the slim disease - Aids - has finally caught up with almost all of them.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim ‘lazy or worthless person’; compare with the South African usage ‘crafty, sly’ ( slim (sense 3 of the adjective)).

词汇	slim
释义	Definition of slim in English: slim adjectiveslimmest, slimmer slɪmslɪm 1(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender. （人，身材）细长的，苗条的；纤细的 her slim figure 她苗条的身材。 the girls were tall and slim 姑娘们身材修长。 Example sentencesExamples The male is described as of thin build, slim features, 6ft, short brown hair, early 30s, wearing a long, black scruffy coat. He is about 5ft 4in tall, of slim build, with a thin face. They are looking for a black male, 22 years old, six feet tall with a slim build, a thin mustache, wearing a gray shirt and jeans. One was slim build, with short dark hair and 5ft 9ins tall. Her dress was straight out of a fairytale, with its light, graceful layers that served to accentuate the woman's slim build. Her slim figure and graceful movements suggested to him that she knew how to quietly slip into a room, or to turn it into a swirling storm of attention. But if that's the case how come you are so slim and slender? His accomplice was white, 5ft 9in, of slim build and in his 20s. She was slim, and wearing figure hugging black trousers and an elbow length wine coloured top. I was built with very small bones, resulting in my slim figure. Her figure was slim and pretty, her fingers slender and graceful as she steadfastly worked at her stitching. She was slim but not thin, and her golden skin seemed to glow in the candlelight. The other was slightly shorter at 5ft 8in tall and of slim build. She was of average build and had a nice, slim figure. Few can deny that girls in Shanghai are more and more stylish, with dyed hair, high-soled shoes, slim figures and above all, clothes with less material. His skin was very pale and he was slim and not built up at all. But if you're slim and trim, then you can have a blast. He was slim and strong, built like a rapier and just as fast. Racing up to the entrance, Nick saw a slim man leaned up against the wall, clutching his profusely bleeding wrist. He was slim to medium build, with cropped, mousy brown hair and spoke with a local accent. Synonyms slender, lean, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissom, graceful, snake-hipped, rangy, clean-limbed, trim, slight, slightly built thin, as thin as a reed, skinny, size-zero, spare, attenuated, lanky, spindly rare gracile, attenuate 1.1 (of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape. （物）狭长的 a slim gold band encircled her wrist 她手腕上有一条精细的金箍。 Example sentencesExamples Manufacturer and retail catalogs also featured the guard or keeper ring, a plain slim gold band worn over the diamond ring to keep it in place. It is also seen in the style of some mosques and minarets with their slim and ornate shapes, as well as in public buildings such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Qurm. Putting the cloth aside, she held a slim, gold hilted sword in her hand. She wore a slim gold band around her head, a white tunic, and jeans and boots. Most satisfying is that each image is a gem with only a slim band of white space separating one from another. Several of the more modern ornaments are elegant in form and shape and can be stylishly worn on a slim chain around the neck. New recruits should opt for slim ties - narrow to medium-narrow width. This combination of materials was just not conducive to the slim shape that was needed to smoothly penetrate the ocean of air. She gave a sigh of disgust, her eyes narrowing behind her slim glasses. As he does, Martina opens the box, revealing a slim, white gold ring. Even in the winter of his years, he maintained his slim necktie, suspicious glances, overall decency and a peculiar use of his fedora onstage. It's gold and has a slim strap with a narrow oval face, which sparkles as if it had been sprinkled with extra fine glitter. Instead, a slim band marks and secures the precise joining of the vessel's single sheet of bent brass at the front. He grabbed it and unsheathed it, admiring the slim silver blade and the connoisseur smith who had shaped it. There's more body movement, though - the hand on the chin is a favourite, showing off the unflashy watch and slim wedding band. I slid a slim silver band off of my left ring finger. He gave her a slim gold band that once belonged to his mother, and she gave him violets, her favorite flower. Both ladies were wearing slim gold circlets studded with diamonds, which marked them as princesses. Leonard combines these shapes with slim rectangles of varying sizes that seem to trim or buttress the larger shapes. Trousers are slim and close to the leg, slightly flaring at the shoe. She wore slim rectangular, gold glasses that were at the end of her nose. Synonyms narrow, slender, slimline 1.2 (of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim. （衣服）修长的；紧身的 a pair of slim, immaculately cut trousers 一条紧身的、做工完美的裤子。 Example sentencesExamples Just so you know, slim suits look fine, but tight suits lean toward the tacky side. starching your shirt It's not just her look - wraparound pearlescent shades, ponytail, simple white T shirt with slim jeans. A lot more robust seems Ane Urkizu's range of asymmetric shapes and screen printed fabrics made into pencil skirts and slim fit trousers. Concealed beneath the dress were slim black slippers, and thin gold bands glinted on wrists and fingers. Fall's slim coat has a retro feel that works well with the season's more refined and polished looks. The dress was slim and had a small slit at the back. His styles were luxurious, with credits to the 1950s in slim suits and dresses, and wide picture hats. Other hip, comfy alternatives include layering it over jeans or slim pants. So try to keep the silhouettes simple with full-cut shirts tucked into slim pants or pencil skirts. She wore a plain dress of gold, which was slim but not skin-tight. Aimed at a more mature woman, there were plenty of slim skirts teamed with jackets and T-shirts. She was in a tight, slim coat, with legs as long as my body, and she had high cheekbones and perfect straight hair. I don't think I could even if I wanted to - a lot of women's jeans are cut so slim, tight and stretchy, there isn't room to tuck in. Big, poufed dresses can be overpowering on a tall woman, and very slim dresses can make you look even taller. Her mother was sparkling in a slim gown fitted with diamonds to resemble the sky. A slim satin trousersuit appeared to have been stitched from a rising sun flag. 1.3 (of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient. （公司或其他组织）精简的 companies will extract all possible productivity gains from their slimmer workforces before adding people Example sentencesExamples We have not got a figure but we know at the end of the three years we will have to be a slimmer organisation. It's inevitable there will be some job losses and we're going to be a slimmer organisation but the changes will occur in phases. 2(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small. （抽象事物，尤指机会、份额）小的；少的 there was just a slim chance of success 只有很渺茫的成功机会。 a slim majority of sixteen Example sentencesExamples But realistically the pair have only a slim chance of medal success in that final. Knowing full well that the chances of someone actually being on the other line were slim to none, she answered the phone nonetheless. The likelihood of that appeared very slim in a country where the president and prime minister regularly exchange public insults. Coach Dan Issel surely will continue to search for the elusive big man he coveted in July, but the odds of finding someone who can make much difference appear slim. But the chances that his diet caused his narrowed arteries are slim to none. However, the prospects for discontinuous, disruptive change appear slim. He also collected a silver medal in the 50m freestyle in which he was pipped at the post for the gold by a very slim 0.04 of a second margin in another PB swim. Sort of suggests that it's not the slim possibility that the band might have a couple of extra ounces on them that's the problem they're facing, Louis. Having said that, the chances of finding any such gold are slim. Giving birth seems like a fragile process, fraught with danger, with a slim chance of success - rather than a completely natural thing as it should be. The prospects of agreement on a devolution package in the near future appear slim, however. She has a slim chance of success, yet the financial world is slowly replacing their faith in her appeal. As stated above, the potential for the development of delta agonists into clinically useful agents for the treatment of severe pain appears slim. Buoyed by the slim margin, the Carlow border side rallied from the restart. Right now an alien who crosses the border knows that he stands a very slim chance, if any at all, of being caught once he's here. Most English Catholics were appalled by news of the plot, realizing the slim chance of success, and that failure would lead to further repression. Opportunities to break into the first team at Preston appear to be slim, with five other players ahead of him in the pecking order at Deepdale. The chances are slim that any change would be made. Oakenshaw only fielded five players, which is never a good tactic, and their hopes of surviving the drop appear slim. By contrast, the literature on Britain appears to be surprisingly slim and tends to make repeated reference to the same or similar lists of crimes and cases. Synonyms slight, small, slender, faint, feeble, poor, flimsy, tenuous, fragile, negligible, marginal, minimal outside, remote, distant, unlikely, improbable 3South African Crafty, sly, or unscrupulous. 〈南非〉诡计多端的；狡猾的；不择手段的 Example sentencesExamples That's all the mannetjie with the forked tail, bad breath and sulphur body odour is waiting for, slim sales talk. Synonyms deceitful, duplicitous, fraudulent, counterfeit, sham, bogus, cheating, underhand, cunning, crafty, sly, guileful, scheming, perfidious, treacherous, machiavellian, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false verbslims, slimmed, slimming slɪmslɪm [no object]British 1Make oneself thinner, especially by dieting. if he's overweight, he should slim Example sentencesExamples A nutrition expert slammed the ‘lose weight’ order saying the pop world had gone mad if the girls had been told to slim down. He'd begun to slim down just before he was cast in Hercules and had to quickly put that process into reverse. Again it took three months of sweat to slim down to Air Force standards. For anyone trying to slim down, a body-fat test is a better way to monitor progress than the scale is. But if you want to slim down, consider some additional ways to reduce your fat intake. Then a new job as a spa chef in Hawaii motivated her to slim down. Huezo's husband has a grapefruit-sized lump in his stomach where he had injections to slim down. If they don't slim down by age 20, their life expectancy will drop by up to 20 years. But, having slimmed down on a specially designed diet and training regime, the two-time Golden Boot winner has begun to recapture the form that once made him the most prolific marksman in world football. Take some omega - 3 supplements before your daily workout, and you may slim down. She said her weight loss had inspired her to get to work and help other people to slim down. For the sake of her heart and her health, I wish she could slim down a little, but that said, she is a one-off who has made it to the top and deserves to stay there for a while. At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down. Good nutrition is crucial when you're attempting to slim down. Sometimes a jockey is unable to slim down to the weight allocated to a particular horse. Although Gemma has been a keen supporter of strongman competitions since she was small, she only started training in a gym six months ago, in an attempt to slim down for her singing career. She had bought a gown three sizes too small hoping to slim down to fit it. And overweight people have to decide for themselves whether they want to slim down. With half of all Britons overweight, the government's plan to get us to slim down looks like a daunting task. He was told by Davis to slim down by the next minicamp, which was held last week. Synonyms lose weight, get thinner, lose some pounds, shed some pounds, lose some inches, get into shape, shape up, reduce, diet, go on a diet 1.1with object Make (a person or part of the body) thinner, especially by dieting. how can I slim down my hips? 我怎么才能缩减臀围？ Example sentencesExamples And the tiny straps of her stiletto heels slimmed her already perfect pins to the ideal. I am consistent with my eating habits and exercise routine but still cannot slim down my hips and thighs. In response to that belief the food industry introduced thousands of new reduced fat products designed to slim waistlines. His body was slimmed down for endurance, but he still had the muscles that bespoke several trips to the gym each week. And the profits of some other multinationals have been hit as Americans try to slim their ever-expanding waistlines. Women are reported to have liposuction to slim down tubby toes, or unsightly misshapen bones whittled smooth by laser. Slimming your waist and hips will contribute to the illusion of broader shoulders. Operations that shave jawbones to slim the face are also in demand throughout Southeast Asia. Pop culture glamorizes their muscular bodies but, at the same time, is more preoccupied than ever with slimming women down to an impossible ideal. 1.2with object Reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient. （公司或其他组织）精简的 restructuring and slimming down the organization 重组并精简组织。 Example sentencesExamples Therefore it may not be possible to slim down an area as much as you might like. The import and the significance of it, in fact, is deepening while the world seems to be bit by bit switching off or slimming down its view of this war. A better choice would be slimming down our immense private health-care bureaucracy and switching to a simpler single-payer system. He wants to slim down the civil service to free money for extra spending on health, education, defence and housing. Kirchhof believes he can slim down or scrap more than 90,000 tax rules and 418 tax exemptions. Five boxes of business cards were slimmed down to three - two of mine, and one full of other people. He said his aim was to slim down the targets to the essential ones, but refused to follow the Liberal Democrats and Tories, who argue they should be abolished altogether. The state is slimming down its provision of maintenance and social welfare for the poorest of the poor. Have the courage to slim down the size of the workforce. Some of the big news sites tried coping by slimming down the size of their pages and adding servers, but this helped only marginally. Observers hope Mr Koizumi is more successful at slimming down the spending. Sir Peter Gershon, who masterminded a recent report on slimming down the public sector, was a former senior executive in the defence and electronics industries. In fact, the loss in value of equity holdings meant some funds needed to slim down their property portfolios. Chinese officials are likely to have noted that many foreign businesses have slimmed their operations or withdrawn altogether from the Chinese market, the sources said. Among other advantages, the authors note, is the ability to keep people further from harm's way and slim the size of the staff needed. This allows you to turn off some features, hopefully slimming down the window manager for use on resource-limited systems. Mrs Candler said books would remain important to the Discovery Centre, although the reference side might be slimmed down to reduce duplication. Corporatisation has slimmed the size of the postal service and forced the closure of many old post offices. Hull Council is ‘top-heavy’ with bureaucracy and needs to be radically slimmed down, new council leader Ken Branson said yesterday. Synonyms reduce, cut, cut down/back, make cutbacks in, scale down, trim, decrease, diminish, pare down, whittle away, prune rationalize, downsize noun slɪmslɪm 1A course or period of slimming. 瘦身课程（或时期） a sponsored slim 有赞助的瘦身课程。 Example sentencesExamples Susan is also attempting a sponsored walk and Corinne and her husband, David, have started a sponsored slim. Scores of money-raising efforts were organised - from raffling a pair of boxing gloves, to a women's sponsored slim. All proceeds from the sponsored slim will be donated to the Cancer Society. In the report, Mrs Wishick had announced she was doing a sponsored slim on behalf of the British Kidney Patient Association, of which Oliver is a member. Anyone wishing to support the sponsored slim can phone Simon and Vicki. The priest lost 13 lb in a sponsored slim during the period of Lent. A good number of people are taking part in a sponsored slim in organised by a local charity. By February the caring team had raised over £2,000 by doing a sponsored slim and holding a coffee morning. FAT friends have been given a tour around a hospice to see how cash raised from a sponsored slim will be used. A sponsored slim in is taking place over Lent in aid of the Laois Hospice Foundation. Treasurer Helen Smith has been working steadily on a sponsored slim in preparation for a daring wing walk at Elvington Airfield on August Bank Holiday weekend. But as it was just after Christmas, Mrs Millar decided to try a sponsored slim among the pupils' parents and it proved successful. He says he will not be led into temptation as he embarks on a sponsored slim during the period of Lent. She lost two stones over the course of a year for a sponsored slim that raised £320 for the hospital. 2mass noun A term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS. Example sentencesExamples Because of the severe weight-loss they called it Slim disease. But their phenomenal wealth led them all into bad ways and the slim disease - Aids - has finally caught up with almost all of them. The virus that caused the syndrome that came to be known as AIDS, and that Ugandansrecognise as Slim, was only formally identified in 1984. Derivatives slimly adverb The slimly built paceman bowled lengthy spells without compromising on his intensity, and struck a few key blows. Example sentencesExamples He is tall, refined, slimly athletic, and from old money. He was slimly built but had a quiet strength about him that told her that this was no ordinary man. He was several inches shorter than herself, slimly built, and draped in colorful clothes. The slimly built local lad is in the form of his life and with each outing he seems to improve. slimness noun ˈslɪmnəsˈslɪmnəs Instead, the designers have infused an ingenious ‘bias’ cut into their women's collections that creates the illusion of slimness. Example sentencesExamples Like strength to an ancient hunter and productivity to an ancient woman, slimness to a modern woman reflects self-control, self-sacrifice and good taste. Wise beyond his years he may be, but in terms of physique, the 21-year-old Scot knows there is some way to go before the slimness of adolescence is replaced by the muscular body of the big hitters. Experts said that the blind trust on slimness formed a bias against fat people, who may lose confidence and become depressed and pessimistic. We live in an age when beauty is associated with slimness, and women everywhere are spending their money and expending their energies on trying to achieve this fashion ideal. Origin Mid 17th century: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning 'slanting, cross, bad'), of Germanic origin. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim 'lazy or worthless person'; compare with the South African usage 'crafty, sly' (sense 3 of the adjective). Slim may now be something we aspire to be, but it comes from a Low German or Dutch base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim ‘lazy or worthless person’ and South African usage still reflects the meaning ‘crafty, sly’. While it came into English in the sense ‘gracefully thin’, it has reflected the sense ‘poor, slight’ as in slim chance (late 17th century). Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim Definition of slim in US English: slim adjectiveslimslɪm 1(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slenderly built (used approvingly) （人，身材）细长的，苗条的；纤细的 her slim figure 她苗条的身材。 the girls were tall and slim 姑娘们身材修长。 Example sentencesExamples He is about 5ft 4in tall, of slim build, with a thin face. Few can deny that girls in Shanghai are more and more stylish, with dyed hair, high-soled shoes, slim figures and above all, clothes with less material. But if you're slim and trim, then you can have a blast. The male is described as of thin build, slim features, 6ft, short brown hair, early 30s, wearing a long, black scruffy coat. His skin was very pale and he was slim and not built up at all. They are looking for a black male, 22 years old, six feet tall with a slim build, a thin mustache, wearing a gray shirt and jeans. His accomplice was white, 5ft 9in, of slim build and in his 20s. One was slim build, with short dark hair and 5ft 9ins tall. Her dress was straight out of a fairytale, with its light, graceful layers that served to accentuate the woman's slim build. The other was slightly shorter at 5ft 8in tall and of slim build. He was slim to medium build, with cropped, mousy brown hair and spoke with a local accent. Her slim figure and graceful movements suggested to him that she knew how to quietly slip into a room, or to turn it into a swirling storm of attention. She was slim but not thin, and her golden skin seemed to glow in the candlelight. Her figure was slim and pretty, her fingers slender and graceful as she steadfastly worked at her stitching. Racing up to the entrance, Nick saw a slim man leaned up against the wall, clutching his profusely bleeding wrist. But if that's the case how come you are so slim and slender? She was of average build and had a nice, slim figure. He was slim and strong, built like a rapier and just as fast. I was built with very small bones, resulting in my slim figure. She was slim, and wearing figure hugging black trousers and an elbow length wine coloured top. Synonyms slender, lean, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissom, graceful, snake-hipped, rangy, clean-limbed, trim, slight, slightly built 1.1 (of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape. （物）狭长的 a slim gold band encircled her wrist 她手腕上有一条精细的金箍。 Example sentencesExamples Both ladies were wearing slim gold circlets studded with diamonds, which marked them as princesses. This combination of materials was just not conducive to the slim shape that was needed to smoothly penetrate the ocean of air. Most satisfying is that each image is a gem with only a slim band of white space separating one from another. He gave her a slim gold band that once belonged to his mother, and she gave him violets, her favorite flower. There's more body movement, though - the hand on the chin is a favourite, showing off the unflashy watch and slim wedding band. Instead, a slim band marks and secures the precise joining of the vessel's single sheet of bent brass at the front. She gave a sigh of disgust, her eyes narrowing behind her slim glasses. Putting the cloth aside, she held a slim, gold hilted sword in her hand. Even in the winter of his years, he maintained his slim necktie, suspicious glances, overall decency and a peculiar use of his fedora onstage. She wore a slim gold band around her head, a white tunic, and jeans and boots. Leonard combines these shapes with slim rectangles of varying sizes that seem to trim or buttress the larger shapes. Manufacturer and retail catalogs also featured the guard or keeper ring, a plain slim gold band worn over the diamond ring to keep it in place. She wore slim rectangular, gold glasses that were at the end of her nose. Several of the more modern ornaments are elegant in form and shape and can be stylishly worn on a slim chain around the neck. As he does, Martina opens the box, revealing a slim, white gold ring. Trousers are slim and close to the leg, slightly flaring at the shoe. It's gold and has a slim strap with a narrow oval face, which sparkles as if it had been sprinkled with extra fine glitter. New recruits should opt for slim ties - narrow to medium-narrow width. I slid a slim silver band off of my left ring finger. He grabbed it and unsheathed it, admiring the slim silver blade and the connoisseur smith who had shaped it. It is also seen in the style of some mosques and minarets with their slim and ornate shapes, as well as in public buildings such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Qurm. Synonyms narrow, slender, slimline 1.2 (of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim. （衣服）修长的；紧身的 a pair of slim, immaculately cut slacks 一条紧身的、做工完美的裤子。 Example sentencesExamples It's not just her look - wraparound pearlescent shades, ponytail, simple white T shirt with slim jeans. Big, poufed dresses can be overpowering on a tall woman, and very slim dresses can make you look even taller. So try to keep the silhouettes simple with full-cut shirts tucked into slim pants or pencil skirts. A lot more robust seems Ane Urkizu's range of asymmetric shapes and screen printed fabrics made into pencil skirts and slim fit trousers. Just so you know, slim suits look fine, but tight suits lean toward the tacky side. starching your shirt Aimed at a more mature woman, there were plenty of slim skirts teamed with jackets and T-shirts. Fall's slim coat has a retro feel that works well with the season's more refined and polished looks. Other hip, comfy alternatives include layering it over jeans or slim pants. A slim satin trousersuit appeared to have been stitched from a rising sun flag. I don't think I could even if I wanted to - a lot of women's jeans are cut so slim, tight and stretchy, there isn't room to tuck in. The dress was slim and had a small slit at the back. Concealed beneath the dress were slim black slippers, and thin gold bands glinted on wrists and fingers. She wore a plain dress of gold, which was slim but not skin-tight. She was in a tight, slim coat, with legs as long as my body, and she had high cheekbones and perfect straight hair. His styles were luxurious, with credits to the 1950s in slim suits and dresses, and wide picture hats. Her mother was sparkling in a slim gown fitted with diamonds to resemble the sky. 1.3 (of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient. （公司或其他组织）精简的 Example sentencesExamples It's inevitable there will be some job losses and we're going to be a slimmer organisation but the changes will occur in phases. We have not got a figure but we know at the end of the three years we will have to be a slimmer organisation. 2(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small. （抽象事物，尤指机会、份额）小的；少的 there was just a slim chance of success 只有很渺茫的成功机会。 the evidence is slim 证据很少。 Example sentencesExamples Knowing full well that the chances of someone actually being on the other line were slim to none, she answered the phone nonetheless. As stated above, the potential for the development of delta agonists into clinically useful agents for the treatment of severe pain appears slim. Oakenshaw only fielded five players, which is never a good tactic, and their hopes of surviving the drop appear slim. He also collected a silver medal in the 50m freestyle in which he was pipped at the post for the gold by a very slim 0.04 of a second margin in another PB swim. Most English Catholics were appalled by news of the plot, realizing the slim chance of success, and that failure would lead to further repression. The prospects of agreement on a devolution package in the near future appear slim, however. But the chances that his diet caused his narrowed arteries are slim to none. Buoyed by the slim margin, the Carlow border side rallied from the restart. Giving birth seems like a fragile process, fraught with danger, with a slim chance of success - rather than a completely natural thing as it should be. Opportunities to break into the first team at Preston appear to be slim, with five other players ahead of him in the pecking order at Deepdale. By contrast, the literature on Britain appears to be surprisingly slim and tends to make repeated reference to the same or similar lists of crimes and cases. Coach Dan Issel surely will continue to search for the elusive big man he coveted in July, but the odds of finding someone who can make much difference appear slim. But realistically the pair have only a slim chance of medal success in that final. The likelihood of that appeared very slim in a country where the president and prime minister regularly exchange public insults. She has a slim chance of success, yet the financial world is slowly replacing their faith in her appeal. However, the prospects for discontinuous, disruptive change appear slim. The chances are slim that any change would be made. Having said that, the chances of finding any such gold are slim. Right now an alien who crosses the border knows that he stands a very slim chance, if any at all, of being caught once he's here. Sort of suggests that it's not the slim possibility that the band might have a couple of extra ounces on them that's the problem they're facing, Louis. Synonyms slight, small, slender, faint, feeble, poor, flimsy, tenuous, fragile, negligible, marginal, minimal verbslimslɪm [no object]British 1Make oneself thinner, especially by dieting. I need to slim down a bit 我必须减点体重。 Example sentencesExamples Take some omega - 3 supplements before your daily workout, and you may slim down. Then a new job as a spa chef in Hawaii motivated her to slim down. He was told by Davis to slim down by the next minicamp, which was held last week. For the sake of her heart and her health, I wish she could slim down a little, but that said, she is a one-off who has made it to the top and deserves to stay there for a while. And overweight people have to decide for themselves whether they want to slim down. Huezo's husband has a grapefruit-sized lump in his stomach where he had injections to slim down. But, having slimmed down on a specially designed diet and training regime, the two-time Golden Boot winner has begun to recapture the form that once made him the most prolific marksman in world football. Again it took three months of sweat to slim down to Air Force standards. Good nutrition is crucial when you're attempting to slim down. At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down. A nutrition expert slammed the ‘lose weight’ order saying the pop world had gone mad if the girls had been told to slim down. But if you want to slim down, consider some additional ways to reduce your fat intake. He'd begun to slim down just before he was cast in Hercules and had to quickly put that process into reverse. With half of all Britons overweight, the government's plan to get us to slim down looks like a daunting task. She had bought a gown three sizes too small hoping to slim down to fit it. If they don't slim down by age 20, their life expectancy will drop by up to 20 years. For anyone trying to slim down, a body-fat test is a better way to monitor progress than the scale is. She said her weight loss had inspired her to get to work and help other people to slim down. Although Gemma has been a keen supporter of strongman competitions since she was small, she only started training in a gym six months ago, in an attempt to slim down for her singing career. Sometimes a jockey is unable to slim down to the weight allocated to a particular horse. Synonyms lose weight, get thinner, lose some pounds, shed some pounds, lose some inches, get into shape, shape up, reduce, diet, go on a diet 1.1with object Make (a person or a bodily part) thinner. （通过运动、节食等）使…体重减轻；使（人，身体部位）变苗条 how can I slim down my hips? 我怎么才能缩减臀围？ Example sentencesExamples Pop culture glamorizes their muscular bodies but, at the same time, is more preoccupied than ever with slimming women down to an impossible ideal. And the profits of some other multinationals have been hit as Americans try to slim their ever-expanding waistlines. Women are reported to have liposuction to slim down tubby toes, or unsightly misshapen bones whittled smooth by laser. Slimming your waist and hips will contribute to the illusion of broader shoulders. And the tiny straps of her stiletto heels slimmed her already perfect pins to the ideal. His body was slimmed down for endurance, but he still had the muscles that bespoke several trips to the gym each week. I am consistent with my eating habits and exercise routine but still cannot slim down my hips and thighs. In response to that belief the food industry introduced thousands of new reduced fat products designed to slim waistlines. Operations that shave jawbones to slim the face are also in demand throughout Southeast Asia. 1.2with object Reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient. （公司或其他组织）精简的 restructuring and slimming down the organization 重组并精简组织。 Example sentencesExamples Among other advantages, the authors note, is the ability to keep people further from harm's way and slim the size of the staff needed. Some of the big news sites tried coping by slimming down the size of their pages and adding servers, but this helped only marginally. The state is slimming down its provision of maintenance and social welfare for the poorest of the poor. Five boxes of business cards were slimmed down to three - two of mine, and one full of other people. Therefore it may not be possible to slim down an area as much as you might like. Corporatisation has slimmed the size of the postal service and forced the closure of many old post offices. Have the courage to slim down the size of the workforce. This allows you to turn off some features, hopefully slimming down the window manager for use on resource-limited systems. Observers hope Mr Koizumi is more successful at slimming down the spending. Chinese officials are likely to have noted that many foreign businesses have slimmed their operations or withdrawn altogether from the Chinese market, the sources said. He said his aim was to slim down the targets to the essential ones, but refused to follow the Liberal Democrats and Tories, who argue they should be abolished altogether. The import and the significance of it, in fact, is deepening while the world seems to be bit by bit switching off or slimming down its view of this war. In fact, the loss in value of equity holdings meant some funds needed to slim down their property portfolios. A better choice would be slimming down our immense private health-care bureaucracy and switching to a simpler single-payer system. Hull Council is ‘top-heavy’ with bureaucracy and needs to be radically slimmed down, new council leader Ken Branson said yesterday. Mrs Candler said books would remain important to the Discovery Centre, although the reference side might be slimmed down to reduce duplication. Sir Peter Gershon, who masterminded a recent report on slimming down the public sector, was a former senior executive in the defence and electronics industries. He wants to slim down the civil service to free money for extra spending on health, education, defence and housing. Kirchhof believes he can slim down or scrap more than 90,000 tax rules and 418 tax exemptions. Synonyms reduce, cut, cut back, cut down, make cutbacks in, scale down, trim, decrease, diminish, pare down, whittle away, prune nounslimslɪm 1A course or period of slimming. 瘦身课程（或时期） a sponsored slim 有赞助的瘦身课程。 Example sentencesExamples Treasurer Helen Smith has been working steadily on a sponsored slim in preparation for a daring wing walk at Elvington Airfield on August Bank Holiday weekend. A sponsored slim in is taking place over Lent in aid of the Laois Hospice Foundation. By February the caring team had raised over £2,000 by doing a sponsored slim and holding a coffee morning. He says he will not be led into temptation as he embarks on a sponsored slim during the period of Lent. Scores of money-raising efforts were organised - from raffling a pair of boxing gloves, to a women's sponsored slim. In the report, Mrs Wishick had announced she was doing a sponsored slim on behalf of the British Kidney Patient Association, of which Oliver is a member. But as it was just after Christmas, Mrs Millar decided to try a sponsored slim among the pupils' parents and it proved successful. A good number of people are taking part in a sponsored slim in organised by a local charity. The priest lost 13 lb in a sponsored slim during the period of Lent. Anyone wishing to support the sponsored slim can phone Simon and Vicki. All proceeds from the sponsored slim will be donated to the Cancer Society. Susan is also attempting a sponsored walk and Corinne and her husband, David, have started a sponsored slim. She lost two stones over the course of a year for a sponsored slim that raised £320 for the hospital. FAT friends have been given a tour around a hospice to see how cash raised from a sponsored slim will be used. 2A term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS. Example sentencesExamples Because of the severe weight-loss they called it Slim disease. The virus that caused the syndrome that came to be known as AIDS, and that Ugandansrecognise as Slim, was only formally identified in 1984. But their phenomenal wealth led them all into bad ways and the slim disease - Aids - has finally caught up with almost all of them. Origin Mid 17th century: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim ‘lazy or worthless person’; compare with the South African usage ‘crafty, sly’ ( slim (sense 3 of the adjective)).
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