slender
slender 英 [ˈslendə(r)] 美 [ˈslɛndɚ]
adj. 细长的；苗条的；微薄的
- Something slender is slight, or skinny. A young colt is slender compared to the full grown horse it will grow into.
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- adj. 细长的；苗条的；微薄的
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1. She was a pale, slender spirit, exalted far beyond the flesh; but nevertheless the softness of her palm persisted in his thoughts.
她是个苍白、苗条的精灵，是远远超越于肉体之外的，可她那手心的柔嫩仍在他心里萦绕不去。
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2. Behind the rotunda the slender trees with yellow leaves down drooping, and through them just a line of sea, and beyond the blue sky gold-veined clouds.
在圆形大厅后面是垂着黄叶的细长的树木，穿过树叶可见一线大海，在那之外便是漂浮着金色纹脉白云的蓝天。
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3. Magic may also account for the only three obviously nonmilitary objects in the Staffordshire Hoard: two gold crosses and a slender strip of gold inscribed with a biblical quotation.
魔法的盛行也能够解释在这个窖藏中那三件非军事用品：两枚黄金十字架和一件刻有圣经箴言的细长金条存在的原因。
- slender (adj.) c. 1400, earlier sclendre (late 14c.), probably from a French source, often said to be from Old French esclendre "thin, slender," which could be from Old Dutch slinder, but the connections, and even the existence of these words, is doubtful. Related: Slenderly; slenderness.
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