Tra từ slim - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a slim/narrow majority (=a very small majority)
▪ The proposal was passed by a slim majority.
a small/slight/slim chance
▪ He only has a very small chance of being elected.
▪ There’s a slight chance of some sunshine in the west.
narrow/slim
▪ Her dark hair spilled over her narrow shoulders.
slim/lean/meagre pickings
▪ Companies are put off investing in poor areas because of the meagre pickings to be had.
slim/slender build
▪ She was very strong despite her slender build.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
as
▪ Overweight individuals tend not to be so relaxed about fluctuations in body size as slim people.
▪ Unlike Gaunt, he knew his chances were as slim as a dipstick.
so
▪ Q How do you manage to stay so slim?
▪ The D-777 is so slim, says Sony, that a digital readout could not be built in as on other portables.
▪ Jim-who by this time was not quite so slim - was fined £415 and banned for six months.
▪ The audio is livelier than the hard-copy edition, which is so slim that little was excised for the audio presentation.
▪ She was so slim that she seemed to have no breadth whatever.
very
▪ One was very slim and ladylike, written in 1947 and entitled White Linen after one of Christabel's lyrics.
▪ But through it all, the majestic wolf has maintained its grip on existence, albeit by some very slim margins.
▪ But swimsuits are the attire of the brave and very slim.
▪ The book is very pretty and very slim.
▪ But very slim and of average height.
▪ She was about twenty-seven, tall and very slim.
▪ These are very slim and will make you feel more comfortable.
NOUN
body
▪ In her bedroom she buried her face in the pillow while numerous sobs escaped her, shaking her slim body uncontrollably.
▪ She dried herself, wrapped the soft, fragrant robe around her slim body and cautiously descended the staircase.
▪ Her slim body shakes with electric shocks as paramedics try to restart her heart.
▪ It was followed by a slim body and long legs, clad in light blue denim with scuffs, tears and patches.
▪ Robyn shivered and wrapped her arms ineffectually around her slim body.
▪ Hated that slim body with its perfect skin which always nestled into Jacob's embrace.
build
▪ She's described as five foot three, with blonde permed hair, slim build and green eyes.
▪ She had specified fair hair, slim build, regular features, smooth skin.
▪ You have such a lovely slim build.
chance
▪ Despite the firm's dire financial health, they have a slim chance of pulling this off.
▪ There was now only a slim chance of escape.
▪ Poulsen later lost in the semifinals, ending Poe's slim chances of being able to fight for even a bronze medal.
▪ There is a slim chance that you will have to make up the shortfall.
▪ I've got a slim chance to do something.
figure
▪ Surviving daguerreotype self-portraits reveal a slim figure with strongly chiselled features.
▪ At that moment a slim figure flung itself out of the shadows to tumble Lefevre's giant adversary from his feet.
▪ Although ever watchful of her enviously slim figure she was not obsessive, and loved to dine out.
▪ You will like your new image and that will be the best insurance policy you have for maintaining your new slim figure.
majority
▪ Clearly the case was not a straight forward one; the judgement had a slim majority of five votes to four.
▪ In the end, a slim majority of voters decided they wanted Brown and change, instead of Owens.
▪ A slim majority of 52 percent said martial law harmed the country, while 43 percent said dictatorship brought benefits.
▪ But a slim majority think the commission should act first to prevent testing companies from developing the standards.
margin
▪ Even so Adenauer was only elected Chancellor by a slim margin - 202 votes out of 404.
▪ But through it all, the majestic wolf has maintained its grip on existence, albeit by some very slim margins.
▪ The result is a slim margin of profit.
▪ That will mean much slimmer margins.
people
▪ The overweight people would eat more rapidly than the slim people.
▪ This has been shown in several scientific experiments which invariably indicate that overweight people eat more quickly than slim people.
▪ Most slim people do not behave this way.
▪ Most people, even slim people, over-indulge from time to time.
▪ Overweight individuals tend not to be so relaxed about fluctuations in body size as slim people.
▪ Therefore let us consider next not the myth, but the reality of the eating habits of slim people.
▪ What slim people are actually like in terms of food intake Food preferences are obviously a very individual matter.
person
▪ The average over-weight person tends to imagine the slim person's day to go something like this.
▪ The slim person will have a couple of chocolates in the day, then stop.
▪ The slim person, if busy, might delay or even miss a meal.
▪ However, recent research indicates that the slim person is not necessarily eating in a way to promote maximum health.
shoulder
▪ He followed her and cupped her slim shoulders in his big, comforting hands.
▪ It wells up her perfectly tanned throat and finally she starts to shake, honey blonde hair cascading over slim shoulders.
▪ Yes, the fine curve, the slim shoulders, all the model-speak.
volume
▪ I made a careful note of this exchange in the slim volume in which I stashed anything that sounded like wisdom.
▪ Each is a slim volume but so packed with useful information and recipes that the price of £4.99 seems modest.
▪ This slim volume is essential reading for all involved with Letters of Credit.
▪ This is a suitably slimmer volume on one of his wives, Rita Hayworth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
long-fingered/slim-fingered etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a slim crescent moon
▪ a slim margin of profit
▪ a slim volume of poetry
▪ Claude gave me a slim gold box for holding my business cards.
▪ Mrs Ester was in her late thirties, about average height, with a slim figure.
▪ Rob took a slim volume from the shelf.
▪ She looks great -- how does she stay so slim?
▪ She was tall, slim, blond, and really good-looking.
▪ You're looking slimmer - have you lost weight?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A slim, energetic woman, Kim moved to the United States as a teenager.
▪ He led the way, his slim hips in the tight fitting pants snaking gracefully between the tables.
▪ In such situations, hopes for a less active, more cautious and realistic, less expansive foreign policy were slim.
▪ The D-777 is so slim, says Sony, that a digital readout could not be built in as on other portables.
▪ The suits are slim and elegant without being flashy or unsettling.
▪ They were slim, pale and elegant, and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish.
▪ This creature, shaped like a slim leaf about 6 centimetres long, lives half-buried in the sand of the sea floor.
▪ You are slim, and rather beautiful.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
down
▪ It was Lubbock's scheme, slimmed down and minus compulsion.
▪ Normal mice, too, slimmed down to utter sleekness when they had a little leptin.
▪ Now he's slimmed down and laid back.
▪ Immigrants who made money often tried to slim down to appear to be longtime members of the aristocracy.
▪ Just after Christmas we decided to get married, so I had until June to slim down.
▪ Exercise is a much better stress reliever. Slim down your serving size.
▪ Many companies have considerably slimmed down and changed their corporate structures.
▪ In that report we have proposed a Council slimmed down in terms both of numbers and committees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Changing market conditions will have slimmed that list, but the gallery can count upon an enthusiastic response from its collectors.
▪ In that report we have proposed a Council slimmed down in terms both of numbers and committees.
▪ Many are reacting by slimming their presence at shows drastically and pulling out of some altogether.

slim

I. slim¹ S3 /slɪm/ adjective (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest)
[date : 1600-1700; Language : Dutch; Origin : 'bad, of low quality']
1. someone who is slim is attractively thin SYN slender:
　 ▪ a slim young woman
　 ▪ a slim waist

2. very small in amount or number SYN slender:
　 ▪ There’s only a slim chance that anyone survived the crash.
　 ▪ The Republicans held a slim majority in the Senate.

3. not wide or thick SYN thin:
　 ▪ a slim volume of poetry

II. slim² verb (past tense and past participle slimmed, present participle slimming)
[INTRANSITIVE]
British English to make yourself thinner by eating less, taking a lot of exercise etc ⇨ diet

—slimmer noun [COUNTABLE]
slim down phrasal verb
1. to reduce the size or number of something, or to become reduced in size or number
slim something ↔ down
　 ▪ The company is trying to slim down its workforce.
slim down to
　 ▪ The Cabinet has been slimmed down to 16 members.

2. to make your body thinner, or to become thinner, especially in order to be healthier or more attractive
slim something ↔ down
　 ▪ How can I slim down my hips?
slim down to
　 ▪ She slimmed down to a healthy 61 kilos.

—slimmed-down adjective