adj.缺少的，不足的；adj.窄的，瘦的,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
slender (adjective)1.
a) spare in frame or flesh , especially gracefully slight
b) small or narrow in circumference or width in proportion to length or height
2.
limited or inadequate in amount or scope - meager people of slender means thin
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
slender (adjective)1.
being of less than usual width
SYNONYMS:
fine, hairline, needlelike, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin, ultrathinRELATED WORDS:
attenuate, attenuated, elongate ( elongated), linear; bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened; lanky, rangy, reedy, shoestring, spindly, stalky, stringy, twiggy, willowy, wispy; lank, spareNEAR ANTONYMS:
chunky, squat, stocky, stumpy, thick, thickset; bulky, massive, voluminous; thickish, widish2.
having a noticeably small amount of body fat
SYNONYMS:
bony ( boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelteRELATED WORDS:
clean-limbed, trim; sylphlike, willowy; angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry; lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy; anorectic ( anoretic), anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened; meager ( meagre), puny, slightNEAR ANTONYMS:
beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, husky; dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; buxom, zaftig ( zoftig); fleshed-out, full, hippy, round3.
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
SYNONYMS:
exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingyRELATED WORDS:
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, short, wanting; bare, bare-bones; least, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightest; slight, small, thin; barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductiveNEAR ANTONYMS:
adequate, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable; fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich; lavish, luxuriant; blooming, bursting, flourishing, proliferative, swarming, teeming, thriving; excess, extra, surplus