英:[ˈslaɪtli]
美:[ˈslaɪtli]
英:[ˈslaɪtli]
美:[ˈslaɪtli]
slight·ly
slaIt li
adjective
having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body
lacking in strength or substance : flimsy, frail
deficient in weight, solidity, or importance : trivial
a slight movie
small of its kind or in amount a slight odor of gas
a slight chance
verb
transitive verb
to treat as slight or unimportant : make light of
to treat with disdain or indifference
slight a guest
to perform or attend to carelessly and inadequately
don't slight your work
noun
an act or an instance of slighting
an instance of being slighted : a humiliating discourtesy
1520年代,“纤细地,苗条地”; 1590年代,“在小的程度或度量上”,来自 slight(形容词)+ -ly(2)。它也被证明是从1590年代开始“缺乏尊重或仪式感”,但 OED 将其标记为“罕见”。
Adjective Middle English, smooth, slight, probably from Old English sliht- (in eorth-slihtes level with the ground); akin to Old High German sleht smooth, slīhhan to glide — more at slick >entry 2
The first known use of slight was in the 14th century
slight1 of 3adjective
having a slim or delicate build : not stout
lacking in strength or substance : flimsy, frail
lacking weight, solidity, or importance : trivial
small of its kind or in amount
slight2 of 3verb
to treat with disrespect
to perform or attend to carelessly and without proper attention to detail
slight3 of 3noun
an act or an instance of slighting
a humiliating discourtesy
1 He started to moved olf, and then he turned, and to the black face looking up, to the red eyes, he looked down and bowed slightly, touching his cap.
2 Then he leaned over and put a hand beside his mouth, as if he did not wish to be overheard, an effect slightly lessened by his whisper, which was loud enough to deafen.
3 Or my even sadder crush on Jessie’s very slightly younger brother.
4 The gun quivered in his hand ever so slightly.
5 Tally prayed it would be slightly less freezing late in the day, after the sun had had a chance to warm it up.
6 The door of the slave quarters was slightly ajar, but Ignatius threw himself against it anyway, shattering several panes of glass.
7 Jack smiled slightly as he marveled for the hundredth time that her hair could really be blue like that.
8 An inch shorter than Joe, and more slightly built, he was nevertheless a fine physical specimen and striking to look at, with fine, regular features; gracefully proportioned limbs; and an open, eager face.
9 If I ran out of pot I drank wine, and when I couldn’t get that my buddy Marvin and I drank NyQuil, which got you high and sleepy and slightly sick.
10 The hot iron has slightly singed the cloth.
热熨斗把布烫焦了一些.
11 The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
这个铺位的床垫很硬,毯子也很扎人,而且还有点潮。
12 They drove past a great square dotted with market stalls, and then Jonas turned down a quieter street lined with townhouses, driving slightly uphill.
13 I wouldn't say your stomach was big — it's just slightly convex.
我不会说你的肚子大——它只是有点凸出.
14 The whole place has a slightly spooky atmosphere.
整个地方的气氛有点阴森可怖。
15 That spring Vivian, a foster child who was slightly younger than me, moved in and slept on a cot in Mrs. Chavez’s room.
16 Her wig looked slightly crooked and her makeup was beginning to melt in the humidity.
17 Stephen nodded ever so slightly, his eyes locked on me.
18 I've labeled her "Big Harm" behind her back—short for the harmonium she plays—and her husband is "Little Harm," because he's shorter, skinnier, and slightly less evil than his wife.
19 That night, the girls cooked up a dinner of slightly burned fish, grubs, and bulrushes.
20 If the nose fell, I was supposed to pull back slightly on the wheel, and vice versa.
1 纤弱
soft slight tender feminine fragile pastel slender wispy spindly gossamer reedy gracile pindling slimsy sl. delicacy
2 轻微
remote slight casual marginal fractional fractionally low light cold mild venial remotely in the slightest passing petty gently lightly faint nominal trivial feeble
3 略微地
4 脆弱
weak slight vulnerable tender delicate slender flimsy frail insubstantial unsubstantial unfortified finespun sl. frailty short paper brittle frangible slimsy vulnerably tenderness fragility friability caducity be vulnerable to fragile perishable crumbly shivery slimpsy delicacy frangibility
5 纤弱地
6 轻微化
8 略微
sl. any mildly marginally faintly a trifle slight little vaguely shade remotely touch spark a tad
9 轻蔑
slight disdain dismissive contemptuous slighting snorty snifty lightly disparagingly despite contempt disparage indignity opprobrium contemn
12 纤细
slight slim delicate slender wispy willowy finespun gossamery delicacy exility fine trim tenuous thinness fineness tenuousness slenderness slimness slightness
13 稍微
some rather marginally a little a bit a little bit a trifle somewhat mildly vaguely bit trifle kind of faintly fractionally touch not very a tad
14 有一点
16 轻蔑地
18 一点点
imperceivable petty imperceptible sl. little point touch thought taste spark stitch trait quantum straw whisper smack whiff whoop tithe hoot whit teaspoonful smidgen tittle minim twopence fiddlestick skosh skerrick haet a little bit only a few the least bit
19 脆弱地
20 细长
slight slender elongated spindly threadlike thin slim flagelliform linear capillary elongate lanky reedy lank spidery gracile svelte rattail spindling slab-sided slimjim slenderize
23 轻微地