詞彙精選：lean的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adj.

（人或動物）瘦的；（肉）少脂肪的，無脂肪的

例句：

Vanamee turned his lean ascetic face toward him, his black eyes fixed attentively

伐那米把一張苦行僧似的消瘦的臉轉過來，一雙黑眼睛全神貫注的盯着他望。

例句：

A lean and hungry cat came to our door.

一隻飢餓的瘦貓走到我家門口。

簡潔的；犀利的；直接的

n.

瘦肉

例句：

Venison is a very lean form of meat.

鹿肉是一種瘦肉。

例句：

His wife could eat no lean.

他的妻子不吃瘦肉。

v.

斜，傾斜 [I,T]

例句：

The building leaned before it was renovated.

在修復前，那幢樓傾斜着。

例句：

The tower leaned a little to the right.

塔有些向右傾斜。

屈身；靠，倚 [I,T]

例句：

If you lean on those wet railings, youll dirty your sleeves

你若靠在那些溼欄杆上，你會弄髒袖子的。

例句：

On reaching the landing-place, he leaned his back against the balusters and folded his arms.

他走到樓梯轉角，依着欄杆，叉起兩臂。

依靠

例句：

Don't always lean on the help of others.

不要老是依靠別人的幫助。

例句：

The minister leaned on his advisers for support.

這位部長依靠他的顧問支持。

使變瘦 [T]

例句：

The teacher was leaned out by his long illness.

長年生病使這位老師變得消瘦。

二、詞義辨析：

lean,slender,slim,slight,thin

這些形容詞均有“瘦的”之意。lean側重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦，也可能因飢餓而消瘦。也指身體消瘦，但肌肉結實，身體健康。slender指身體細長、體態優美、苗條適中，多用於指女性。slim指身體的細長，體重輕不着重外形的優美，可用於不同的性別，常用於減輕體重的人。slight指身材又瘦又小。thin普通用詞，指腰細、骨架窄，常因疾病或疲勞而消瘦。

三、相關短語：

lean against

靠在…,倚在…

lean back

向後傾斜

lean on

靠在…,倚…;依靠,依賴對…施加壓力；逼迫

四、參考例句：

Don't lean out of the window.

別把身子探出窗外。

They stopped to lean over a gate.

他們停下來，身子探過一扇柵欄門。

You always lean on others for help.

你總是依靠別人的幫助。

Lean meats and eggs from pasture-raised animals.

來自食草動物的瘦肉和蛋。

Kids today lean toward casual clothes.

今天的孩子傾向於穿隨便的衣服。

Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.

像大多女運動員一樣，她清瘦但肌肉發達。

The burning gases can ignite the lean mixture.

燃燒着的氣體能點燃稀的混合氣。

Don't always lean on the help of others.

不要老是依靠別人的幫助。

Venison is a very lean form of meat.

鹿肉是一種瘦肉。

It is dangerous to lean out of the window.

頭伸出窗外是很危險的。