You can picture slight as 'barely there' — so small in amount that it almost slips past you. A slight change, a slight noise: present, but only just, only a little.
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原始詞典資料21 筆記錄
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Slightname
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A surname from Middle English.
slightadj/slaɪt/
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Minor; small in amount
- The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.
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Minor; small in amount
- give it a slight kick
- a slight hint of cinnamon
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Minor; small in amount
- make a slight examination
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Minor; small in amount
- we made a slight mistake
- a slight pain
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archaicrareMinor; small in amount
- in the slight future
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Of slender build.
- a slight but graceful woman
- his own figure, which was formerly so slight
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regionalEven, smooth or level.
- A slight stone
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Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- The sea was slight and calm
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteFoolish; silly; not intellectual.
- But no beast ever was so slight, For man, as for his god, to fight; They have more wit, alas! and know Themselves and us better than so.
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obsoleteregionalBad, of poor quality.
- 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles
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datedSlighting; treating with disdain.
- This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]
slightverb/slaɪt/
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To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies
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To give lesser weight or importance to.
- Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.
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To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.
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To act negligently or carelessly.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsTo render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison
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obsoleteTo make even or level.
- After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.
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To throw heedlessly.
- The rogue slighted me into the river.
slightnoun/slaɪt/
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The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
- But you, you're not allowed You're uninvited An unfortunate slight
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obsoleteSleight.
- For till that stownd could never wight him harme, By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme.
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