trim
vt. 修剪; 整理; 裝飾
adj. 整齊的,整潔的; 修長的; 苗條的
n. 整齊; 修剪; 健康狀態; 裝束
vi. 削減
Something that is trim is neat, tidy, and attractive.
The neighbours' gardens were trim and neat.
鄰居們的花園整潔美觀。
…the trim houses.
整齊的房舍
If you describe someone's figure as trim, you mean that it is attractive because there is no extra fat on their body.
The driver was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty.
司機是個大約 30 歲的身材苗條的年輕女子。
If you trim something, for example someone's hair, you cut off small amounts of it in order to make it look neater and tidier.
My friend trims my hair every eight weeks...
我朋友每 8 個星期為我修剪一次頭髮。
Grass shears are specially made to trim grass growing in awkward places.
除草剪刀專門用於修剪縫隙角落裡的青草。
If a government or other organization trims something such as a plan, policy, or amount, they reduce it slightly in extent or size.
American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs...
美國公司研究了能夠削減這些成本的方法。
We trimmed the marketing department.
我們縮小了市場營銷部的規模。
If something such as a piece of clothing is trimmed with a type of material or design, it is decorated with it, usually along its edges.
...jackets, which are then trimmed with crocheted flowers...
另外以鉤花鑲邊的夾克
I am wearing a plaid nightgown trimmed with white lace.
我穿著一件帶有白色蕾絲花邊的格子呢睡衣。
The trim on something such as a piece of clothing is a decoration, for example along its edges, that is in a different colour or material.
...a white satin scarf with black trim...
黑邊白緞圍巾
The saddles feature a reflective trim for night time visibility.
這些車座的特點是帶有在夜間可視的反光鑲邊。
When people are in trim or in good trim, they are in good physical condition.
He is already getting in trim for the big day...
他已經在為那個重要的日子調整狀態了。
It is an excellent way of keeping my voice in trim.
那是保持我聲線處於良好狀態的極好辦法。
1. a state of arrangement or appearance;
2. a decoration or adornment on a garment;
3. attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
4. cutting down to the desired size or shape
1. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
2. decorate, as with ornaments;
3. cut down on; make a reduction in;
4. balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces;
5. be in equilibrium during a flight;
6. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
7. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
8. cut closely;
9. adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
1. thin and fit;
2. (used of hair) neat and tidy;
3. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder;
4. (of persons) neat and smart in appearance;
5. severely simple in line or design;
neat, tidy, trim, orderly
這些形容詞均含"整齊的,整潔的"之意。
in trim
苗條而健康的
trim one's sails (to the wind)
隨風揚帆,適應新情況
The architect specified oak for the wood trim.
那位建築師指定用橡木做木飾條.
We shall have to trim our spending down to fit our income.
我們只得削減開支以使收支平衡.
She went to the hairdresser's for a trim.
她到理髮店理髮去了.
I asked the barber for a trim.
我叫理髮師把頭髮修剪一下.
I found everything out of trim.
我發現一切都無次序.
vt. & vi. 修剪;消減
vt. 裝點,裝飾;佈置
tidyornamentadornsprucecleangarnishfixfurbishdeckdressembellishbeautifyupdecorate
其他釋義
barberupgarnishdashingembellishparedecorateornamentfixbordercleanspruceshortendecorationbeautifypaintlowerreducetidylaceeconomizecutskindressadornorderlystraightenframehealthydapperfurbishorganicshavedeckembroider