slinky

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Furtive, stealthy or catlike.
    — “But of all the awful, second-rate girls I ever met, she’s the worst! […] She’s a sly, creepy, slinky, made-up, insincere vampire! She’s common! She’s awful! She’s a cat!”
  2. Thin; lank; lean. Northumbria,dated
    — Do you see that are tall, limber-timbered, slinky-lookin' man with the blue cloak and two long black cords a-hangin' from it with almighty big tassels a-danglin' to the eend^([sic]) of it like the lamp-rope there, a-carryin' part of the cloak folded on one arm like a Roman senator, and t'other arm kimber, with his hat cockaded military like?--well, that is General Conrad Corncob.
  3. Of a garment: close-fitting; clingy.
    — The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette.

词形变化

slinkier comparative slinkiest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
surreptitious willowy snug
衍生词
slinkily slinkiness

词源

Etymology tree
English slink
English -y
English slinky
From slink + -y.
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