skinny

• n. 機密情報；內部消息；小道消息
• adj. 皮的；皮包骨的；緊身的；小氣的
• n. (Skinny)人名；(納米)斯金尼

skin,皮膚，-y,形容詞後綴。引申諸相關詞義。

skinny (adj.)

c. 1400, "resembling skin," from skin (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "lean, emaciated" is recorded from c. 1600. Of clothes, "tight-fitting" by 1970. In the noun sense of "the truth" it is World War II military slang, perhaps from the notion of the "naked" truth. Related: skinniness.

1. He set his skinny legs apart and threw back his shoulders.

他叉開兩條細腿，猛地挺起胸膛。

來自柯林斯例句

2. You're too skinny — we'll have to fatten you up.

你太瘦了，我們要把你養胖些。

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3. He was quite a skinny little boy.

他是個瘦得皮包骨頭的小男孩。

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4. She had stringy hair and skinny legs.

她的長發稀疏，毫無光澤，兩條腿跟竹竿似的。

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5. This book gives you the skinny on Hollywood.

這本書披露了好萊塢的內幕。

來自《權威詞典》