词汇精选：lean的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
adj.
（人或动物）瘦的；（肉）少脂肪的，无脂肪的
例句：
Vanamee turned his lean ascetic face toward him, his black eyes fixed attentively
伐那米把一张苦行僧似的消瘦的脸转过来，一双黑眼睛全神贯注的盯着他望。
例句：
A lean and hungry cat came to our door.
一只饥饿的瘦猫走到我家门口。
简洁的；犀利的；直接的
n.
瘦肉
例句：
Venison is a very lean form of meat.
鹿肉是一种瘦肉。
例句：
His wife could eat no lean.
他的妻子不吃瘦肉。
v.
斜，倾斜 [I,T]
例句：
The building leaned before it was renovated.
在修复前，那幢楼倾斜着。
例句：
The tower leaned a little to the right.
塔有些向右倾斜。
屈身；靠，倚 [I,T]
例句：
If you lean on those wet railings, youll dirty your sleeves
你若靠在那些湿栏杆上，你会弄脏袖子的。
例句：
On reaching the landing-place, he leaned his back against the balusters and folded his arms.
他走到楼梯转角，依着栏杆，叉起两臂。
依靠
例句：
Don't always lean on the help of others.
不要老是依靠别人的帮助。
例句：
The minister leaned on his advisers for support.
这位部长依靠他的顾问支持。
使变瘦 [T]
例句：
The teacher was leaned out by his long illness.
长年生病使这位老师变得消瘦。
二、词义辨析：
lean,slender,slim,slight,thin
这些形容词均有“瘦的”之意。lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦，也可能因饥饿而消瘦。也指身体消瘦，但肌肉结实，身体健康。slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中，多用于指女性。slim指身体的细长，体重轻不着重外形的优美，可用于不同的性别，常用于减轻体重的人。slight指身材又瘦又小。thin普通用词，指腰细、骨架窄，常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。
三、相关短语：
lean against
靠在…,倚在…
lean back
向后倾斜
lean on
靠在…,倚…;依靠,依赖对…施加压力；逼迫
四、参考例句：
Don't lean out of the window.
别把身子探出窗外。
They stopped to lean over a gate.
他们停下来，身子探过一扇栅栏门。
You always lean on others for help.
你总是依靠别人的帮助。
Lean meats and eggs from pasture-raised animals.
来自食草动物的瘦肉和蛋。
Kids today lean toward casual clothes.
今天的孩子倾向于穿随便的衣服。
Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.
像大多女运动员一样，她清瘦但肌肉发达。
The burning gases can ignite the lean mixture.
燃烧着的气体能点燃稀的混合气。
Don't always lean on the help of others.
不要老是依靠别人的帮助。
Venison is a very lean form of meat.
鹿肉是一种瘦肉。
It is dangerous to lean out of the window.
头伸出窗外是很危险的。
