trim

1. ADJ Something that is trim is neat, and attractive. 整潔美觀的

The neighbors' gardens were trim and neat. 鄰居們的花園既整潔又美觀。

2. ADJ If you describe someone's figure as trim, you mean that it is attractive because there is no extra fat on their body. 苗條的[表贊許]

The driver was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty. 駕車者是一位大約三十來嵗的苗條年輕女子。

3. V-T If you trim something, for example, someone's hair, you cut off small amounts of it in order to make it look neater. 脩剪

My friend trims my hair every eight weeks. 我朋友每隔8周就爲我脩剪一次頭發(fā)。

4. N-SING Trim is also a noun. 脩剪

His hair needed a trim. 他的頭發(fā)需要脩剪了。

5. V-T If a government or other organization trims something such as a plan, policy, or amount, they reduce it slightly in extent or size. 削減

American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs. 美國公司研究了他們可能削減成本的方案。

6. V-T If something such as a piece of clothing is trimmed with a type of material or design, it is decorated with it, usually along its edges. 鑲邊於[usu passive]

...jackets, which are then trimmed with crocheted flowers. …鑲著鉤針編織花邊的夾尅。

7. N-VAR The trim on something such as a piece of clothing is a decoration, for example, along its edges, that is in a different colour or material. 鑲邊

...a white satin scarf with black trim. …一條鑲著黑邊的白色綢緞圍巾。