lean

单词辨析:

lean slender slight slim thin 【导航词义:瘦的,细长的】
lean adj. [褒]瘦的,健美的
〔辨析〕

尤指男人或动物瘦而健壮的。

〔例证〕

He was lean, tall and muscular.

他身材瘦高,肌肉结实。

He has a lean handsome face.

他的脸清瘦而英俊。

slender adj. [褒]苗条的,纤细的
〔辨析〕

多指女性身材修长苗条、体态优美的;形容物体时表示细或窄的。

〔例证〕

All girls want to be slender.

女孩都希望身材苗条。

The birch has smooth bark and slender branches.

桦树有光滑的树皮和细长的树枝。

slight adj. 瘦弱的
〔辨析〕

指人瘦小纤弱的。

〔例证〕

Ann is a slight girl.

安是个瘦弱的女孩。

Her slight frame was shaken by bouts of coughing.

她纤弱的身躯因阵阵咳嗽而颤抖。

slim adj. [褒]苗条的;薄的
〔辨析〕

指人身材修长的,常用于减肥者;也可形容书、钱包等薄的。

〔例证〕

a slim volume of prose

一本薄薄的散文集

She is trying to get slim.

她想要变苗条一些。

She goes for tall slim men.

她喜欢瘦高个的男子。

thin adj. 瘦的;细的
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指人或身体部位瘦削的,也可形容物体细或薄的。

〔例证〕

The boy was thin for his age.

就他的年龄而言,这男孩算是瘦的。

She is thin in the face.

她脸部瘦削。

She was wearing a thin gold chain.

她戴着一条细金链。

incline lean slant slope tilt 【导航词义:倾斜】
incline v. (使)倾斜
〔辨析〕

指(使)某物以某种角度或向某一方向倾斜。

〔例证〕

Only when the telescope is inclined at an angle of thirty degrees can you see that star.

只有当这架望远镜以30度角倾斜时,你才能看到那颗星星。

The wall seems to incline almost fifteen degrees.

墙好像倾斜了将近15度角。

lean v. [尤英]倾斜;(使)斜靠
〔辨析〕

指某人身体前倾或某物倾斜,也可指(使)人或物倚靠在另一人或物之上。

〔例证〕

He leaned forward and tried to catch what they were talking about.

他身体前倾,想听他们在谈论什么。

She was leaning against a tree, waiting for her boyfriend.

她正倚着一棵树等她男朋友。

Don't lean your bicycle against the door.

别把自行车斜靠在门上。

slant v. (使)倾斜
〔辨析〕

指某物歪斜或使某物产生一定的角度。

〔例证〕

Rays of the sun slanted through the window.

阳光斜着照进了窗户。

He slanted his skis a little more to the right.

他把滑雪板略微向右斜了一点。

slope v. 倾斜
〔辨析〕

指地面或其他表面倾斜。

〔例证〕

The floor of the bathroom slopes down to the drain.

浴室的地面向排水口倾斜。

The road slopes sharply at this point.

路面从这里陡然倾斜。

tilt v. (使)倾斜
〔辨析〕

尤指头、下巴等身体部位倾斜或使其倾斜。

〔例证〕

She tilted her head and smiled.

她歪起头笑了。

You can see his mouth tilt upwards slightly at the corners.

你可以看见他的嘴角微微翘起。

The little boy tilted his chair back.

小男孩往后翘着椅子。

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He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.

他60岁出头,是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。

He's a tall, lean chap.

他是瘦长个儿。

This chunk of meat is not too fat and not too lean.

这块肉肥瘦儿正好。

Eileen leaned across and opened the passenger door

艾琳倾身把后座门打开。

Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat

把植物靠墙摆放,用泥煤盖住根部。

They stopped to lean over a gate.

他们停下来,趴在一扇大门前。