资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Slim \Slim\, a. [Compar. {Slimmer}; superl. {Slimmest}.]
   [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim;
   akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain
   origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been
   influenced by slender.]
   1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

   2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.
      ``That was a slim excuse.'' --Barrow.

   3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height
      or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.
      --Grose.

资料来源 : WordNet®

slim
     adj 1: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a
            willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl
            with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure
            cross the street" [syn: {slender}, {slight}]
     2: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
        winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: {slender}]
     [also: {slimmest}, {slimmer}]

slim
     v : take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight}, {slenderize},
          {thin}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain}]
     [also: {slimmest}, {slimmer}]

slimmest
     See {slim}