指身體細長、體態優美、苗條適中,多用於指女性。
例句:
“She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect”(Frank Norris)
“她象柳枝壹樣的苗條——壹樣的優美,壹樣的挺拔”(弗蘭克·諾裏斯)
slim
指身體的細長,體重輕不著重外形的優美,可用於不同的性別,常用於減輕體重的人。
例句:
Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird.