lean
lean
英[liːn]美[liːn]
v.倾斜，倚靠，斜靠；
adj.瘦的，脂肪少的，贫乏的，精干的；
n.瘦肉；
第三人称单数：leans;
过去式：leant; leaned;
过去分词：leant; leaned;
现在分词：leaning;
比较级：leaner;
*高级：leanest;
名词：leanness;
例句
Do some oriental philosophies lean towards fatalism?有些东方的哲学倾向于宿命论吗?
He has a lean handsome face.他的脸清瘦而英俊。
The lean-to joined the hut at the eaves.这个棚子和小屋子的后檐连在一起。
In recent years, the cinema has fallen on lean times.近几年, 电影业遇上了不景气时期。
The seats have no back against which to lean.这些座位都没有靠背可倚。
Passengers are requested not to lean out of the carriage windows.请旅客们不要把头伸到窗外面去.
Don lean out of the window of the bus. It's dangerous.在公共汽车上别探出窗外, 太危险了.
It is dangerous to lean out of the window while the bus is in motion.行车时探身窗外是危险的.
Will you grind up a pound and a half of lean round steak for me?你给我绞一磅半瘦的圆牛排吧.
Recent events lean me more towards favoring longer years of imprisonment.*近发生的事件更使我倾向于延长罪犯关押年限的意见.
英语六级真题
Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a lean back medium, crave interaction.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The robots also lean the most efficient and safest passages, and allow engineers and farmers to analyze and better optimize the attributes and tasks of the robot, as well as provide a live stream giving real-time feedback on exactly what is happening on t
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CYet there are doubts whether people watching television, a "lean back" medium, crave interaction.
2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
（身体）倾斜，倾侧
When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction.
例句
Eileen leaned across and opened the passenger door...艾琳倾身把后座门打开。He leaned forward to give her a kiss...他前倾吻了她一下。VERB
（使）倚；（使）靠
If you lean on or against someone or something, you rest against them so that they partly support your weight. If you lean an object on or against something, you place the object so that it is partly supported by that thing.
例句
She was feeling tired and was glad to lean against him...她正感到有些疲倦，因此很高兴可以靠在他身上。Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat...把植物靠墙摆放，用泥煤盖住根部。ADJ-GRADED
（壮健而）清瘦的
If you describe someone as lean, you mean that they are thin but look strong and healthy.
例句
Like most athletes, she was lean and muscular...跟大部分运动员一样，她身形清瘦，肌肉结实。She watched the tall, lean figure step into the car.她看着那个瘦高个儿上了车。ADJ-GRADED
（肉）瘦的
If meat is lean, it does not have very much fat.
例句
It is a beautiful meat, very lean and tender.这块肉很好，又瘦又嫩。...the leanest ground beef you can get.买得到的*瘦的碎牛肉ADJ-GRADED
（组织）精简的，精干的
If you describe an organization as lean, you mean that it has become more efficient and less wasteful by getting rid of staff, or by dropping projects which were unprofitable.
例句
The value of the pound will force British companies to be leaner and fitter.英镑目前的汇率将迫使英国公司厉行精兵简*。...cutting corporate flab and building leaner companies.削减企业赘肉，建立瘦身型公司ADJ-GRADED
萧条的；不景气的
If you describe periods of time as lean, you mean that people have less of something such as money or are less successful than they used to be.
例句
...the lean years of the 1930s...萧条的20世纪30年代With fewer tourists in town, the taxi trade is going through its leanest patch for 30 years.随着城里游客的减少，出租车行业正遭受30年来*不景气的时期。英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
(使)倾斜, 屈身
The postbox leans a little bit.这个邮筒有点倾斜。vt.
倚, 靠; 依赖
使斜靠
使变瘦；使瘦弱
The teacher was leaned out by his long illness.长年生病使这位老师变得消瘦。adj.
瘦的; 少脂肪的；瘦且健康的
He has a lean handsome face.他的脸清瘦而英俊。贫瘠的; 收益差的
In recent years, the cinema has fallen on lean times.近几年, 电影业遇上了不景气时期。难以赚钱的；生产不出（食物等）的；贫乏的
精干的；效率高的
简洁的；尖锐的；犀利的；直率的
n.
瘦肉
倾向；倾斜；倾斜度
收益少的事务
vi.
倾向于(某种观点、意见或态度等)(与to 或 toward连用)
In his political opinions he leans toward the Labour Party.他的*见倾向于工*。英英词典释义
Noun
1. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
"the tower had a pronounced tilt""the ship developed a list to starboard""he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"Verb
1. to incline or bend from a vertical position;
"She leaned over the banister"2. cause to lean or incline;
"He leaned his rifle against the wall"3. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
"She tends to be nervous before her lectures""These dresses run small""He inclined to corpulence"4. rely on for support;
"We can lean on this man"5. cause to lean to the side;
"Erosion listed the old tree"Adjective
1. lacking excess flesh;
"you can't be too rich or too thin""Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare2. lacking in mineral content or combustible material;
"lean ore""lean fuel"3. containing little excess;
"a lean budget""a skimpy allowance"4. low in mineral content;
"a lean ore"5. not profitable or prosperous;
"a lean year"行业词典
计算机： 使倾斜；贫乏；
