lean
lean 英 [li:n] 美 [lin]
v. 倾斜；倚靠 adj. 瘦的； 肉少的，不景气的，歉收的
进行时:leaning 过去式:leaned 过去分词:leaned 第三人称单数:leans 名词复数:leans 比较级:leaner 最高级:leanest
- If you lean on something, you incline your body against it, like the way you lean against a wall while waiting in line. If you lean on a person, you rely on her for moral support, like the way you lean on your best friend when you're feeling sad or worried.
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- v. 倾斜；倚靠
- adj. 瘦的； 肉少的，不景气的，歉收的
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1. I leaned back in my chair.
我仰靠在椅背上。
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2. The tower is leaning dangerously.
那座塔越来越斜，很危险。
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3. A man was leaning out of the window.
一个人正探身窗外。
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4. A shovel was leaning against the wall.
一把铁铲靠墙放着。
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5. Can I lean my bike against the wall?
我能把自行车靠在这墙上吗？
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6. He was tall, lean and handsome.
他长得瘦高而英俊。
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7. a lean period/spell
不景气时期
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8. The changes made the company leaner and more competitive.
改革使公司更精干，更有竞争力。
- lean (adj.) "thin, spare, with little flesh or fat," c. 1200, from Old English hlæne "lean, thin," possibly (Skeat) from hlænan "cause to lean or bend," from Proto-Germanic *khlainijan, which would connect it to Old English hleonian (see lean (v.)). But perhaps rather, according to OED, from a PIE *qloinio- (with cognates in Lithuanian klynas "scrap, fragment," Lettish kleins "feeble"). Extended and figurative senses from early 14c. In business jargon, paired with mean (adj.) from 1970s to suggest aggressiveness as if from hunger.
- lean (n.1) "action or state of leaning, deviation from a vertical position," 1776, from lean (v.).
- lean (n.2) c. 1200, "lean animals or persons," from lean (adj.). Meaning "lean part of anything, muscle without fat, lean meat" is mid-15c.
- lean (v.) c. 1200, from Old English hlinian "to recline, lie down, rest; bend or incline" (Mercian hleonian, Northumbrian hlionian), from Proto-Germanic *hlinen (source also of Old Saxon hlinon, Old Frisian lena, Middle Dutch lenen, Dutch leunen, Old High German hlinen, German lehnen "to lean"), from PIE root *klei- "to lean."
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