skinny
/ˈskɪni/KK
skɪ·ni
變化形
skinniest
skinnier
1.
極瘦的;皮包骨的
形容人或動物非常瘦,常暗示瘦得不太健康、不好看,或令人擔心。用來形容他人的身材時可能顯得不禮貌或冒犯。
用法:通常放在名詞前,或接在連綴動詞後:a skinny dog;He looks skinny。
After being sick for a week, he looked too skinny.
生病一週後,他看起來瘦得讓人擔心。
The family found a skinny cat outside, brought it home, and took it to an animal doctor.
這家人發現一隻瘦巴巴的貓在外面,把牠帶回家,還帶牠去看動物醫生。
2.
緊身的;窄管的
形容衣物剪裁很貼身,尤其指褲管貼緊腿部的褲子。
用法:通常置於衣物名詞前:skinny jeans。
She wore skinny jeans and a big shirt to the school festival.
她穿著緊身牛仔褲和一件大襯衫去參加校慶。
These skinny pants are not comfortable when I ride my bike.
我騎腳踏車時,這件窄管褲穿起來不舒服。
3.
內情;真相;詳情
指某件事真正的情況或不公開的詳細資訊,常用於 the skinny 或 get the skinny。
用法:此義項是名詞用法,最常見的結構是 the skinny on something,以及 get the skinny on something。
Can you give me the skinny on tomorrow's class trip?
你可以告訴我明天校外教學的詳情嗎?
Before choosing a school for extra classes, we got the skinny on its classes from older students.
在選擇課後補習班之前,我們先向學長姐打聽那裡課程的詳細情況。
常見錯誤
She is very skinny, so she must be unhealthy.
She is very thin, but she is healthy.
He wears a skinny jean.
He wears skinny jeans.
Please tell me skinny about the new teacher.
Please tell me the skinny on the new teacher.
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學習提示
・形容人的身材時,skinny 不一定是稱讚;除非對方自己用這個詞,否則避免直接說對方 skinny。
・skinny 的服飾義最常搭配 jeans;它不是指衣服「很薄」。
・「內情」這個名詞義是美式口語,固定搭配 the skinny 最自然。