lean
adj (-er, -est)
1 (of people and animals) without much flesh; thin and healthy (指人或動物)瘦的
a lean athletic body 瘦而矯健的身體.
2 (of meat) containing little or no fat (指肉)脂肪少的, 無脂肪的: lean beef 瘦牛肉.
3 [esp attrib 尤作定語]
(a) small in amount or quality; meagre 少量的; 質量低的; 貧乏的
a lean diet, harvest 量少的飲食、 收獲.
(b) (of a period of time) not productive (指一段時間)產量低的: lean years 歉歲
a lean season for good films 好影片不多的一段時期. lean, n [U]
lean part of meat 瘦肉
a lot of fat but not much lean 肥肉多瘦肉少.
lean v (pt, pp leant or leaned /li:nd; lind/) =>Usage at dream2 用法見dream2.
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
be in a sloping position; bend 傾斜; 彎曲; 屈身
lean out of the window, back in one's chair, over to one side, etc 探身窗外、 仰靠椅背、 俯向一側等
Just lean forward for a moment, please. 請稍稍向前弓一下身.
2 [Ipr] ~ against/(up)on sth rest on sth in a sloping position for support 倚靠在某物上
a ladder leaning against the wall 倚著墻的梯子
The old man leant upon his stick. 那個老先生拄著個手杖.
lean on sb's arm, one's elbows, etc 靠在某人的手臂上、 支撐在兩肘上.
3 [Tn.pr] ~ sth against/on sth cause sth to rest against sth 使某物靠在另一物上
The workmen leant their shovels against the fence and went to lunch. 那些工人把 鐵 往籬笆上一靠就吃午飯去了.
4 (idm 習語) bend/lean over backwards => backwards (backward).
5 (phr v) lean on sb (infml 口 esp US) try to influence sb by threats 威脅或恐嚇某人
If they don't pay soon we'll have to lean on them a little. 要是他們不馬上付款, 我們就得給他們加點壓力了. lean (up)on sb/sth (for sth) depend on sb/sth 依靠某人[某事物]
lean upon others for guidance 依靠別人的指導
lean on his friends' advice (他)聽信朋友們的意見. lean towards sth have a tendency towards sth 傾向
He leans towards more lighthearted subjects in his later works. 他在後期的創作中傾向於比較輕松的主題.