lean

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inclination away from the vertical.
    — The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
  2. Meat with no fat on it. uncountable
    — Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean.
  3. A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States. US,slang,uncountable
    — Eyes real tight 'cause I'm chokin' the creep; vision messed up 'cause I'm drinkin' the lean.
  4. An organism that is lean in stature. countable
    — The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […]
动词 v.
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. intransitive
    — a leaning column
  2. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
    — He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose.
  3. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. copulative
    — I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.
  4. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
    — He lean'd not on his fathers but himself.
  5. To hang outwards.
  6. To press against.
    — Oppreſs'd with Anguiſh, panting, and o'reſpent, / His fainting Limbs against an Oak he leant.
形容词 adj.
  1. Slim; not fleshy.
    — They will now dedicate several hours at the gym every day to be leaner and stronger.
  2. Having little fat.
    — lean steak cuts
  3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
    — a lean budget
  4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
    — A lean ore hardly worth mining.
  5. Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat. archaic
    — lean copy, matter, or type
  6. Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
    — lean management

词形变化

leans present,singular,third-person leaning participle,present leaned participle,past leaned past leant UK,participle,past leant UK,past leans plural leaner comparative leanest superlative leans plural leans present,singular,third-person leaning participle,present leaned participle,past leaned past

词汇关系

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相关词
climate cline

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
词源 2
From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Compare Old Norse linr (“mild; soft, limp; weak”), Old High German len (“mild”).
词源 3
Probably from the verb to lean (see Etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to lean or sway. Alternatively, from a clipping of gasoline (“an alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink”).
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