slimming是什么意思？

slimming

英[ˈslɪmɪŋ] 美['slɪmɪŋ]

• n. 减食疗法；
• adj. 减轻体重的，使苗条的；
• v. 减肥( slim的现在分词 )，使体重减轻，使变瘦，使苗条；

例句

• With shipping costs surging, companies are rethinking overseas production, slimming down packaging and retooling distribution networks. 由于运输成本飞涨, 公司也正在重新考虑海外生产, 为包装瘦身和重组分销网络.
• I don't want any cake, I'm slimming. 我不想吃蛋糕, 我正在减肥.
• My slimming attempts tend to go in fits and starts. 我的瘦身运动总是三天打鱼两天晒网。
• Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con... 有神奇减肥效果的瘦身点心是一个骗局。
• Spiral alga has a slimming effect, it is popular with many women. 螺旋藻有减肥的作用, 受到许多女士的欢迎.
• If you're slimming, resisting tempting goodies becomes a measure of your 'success' as a woman... 你要是在减肥的话，能否抗拒诱人的美食就成为衡量你作为一个女人是否“成功”的标准。
• It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming. 在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。
• My slimming attempts tend to go in fits and starts... 我的瘦身运动总是三天打鱼两天晒网。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  苗条的;纤细的;修长的
  A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
  例句
  The young woman was tall and slim... 那个年轻的女子身材苗条修长。 Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes. 珍妮非常漂亮，身材苗条，有一双蓝色的眼睛。
• VERB
  (通过节食)减肥，变苗条
  If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.
  例句
  Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim... 有些人无论多么努力地减肥，都会长肉。 It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming. 在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (书、钱包等)薄的
  A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
  例句
  The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities... 这些薄薄的小册子介绍了一系列服务和设施。 He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life. 在他短暂的一生里，他只出版过 3 卷薄薄的诗集。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (可能性)不大的，微乎其微的
  A slim chance or possibility is a very small one.
  例句
  There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister. 他仍然有一丝希望当上首相。
• VERB
  减少(产品);缩减(人员)
  If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has.
  例句
  The company recently slimmed its product line. 公司最近压缩了产品线。