slight 音标拼音: [sl'ɑɪt]
n . 轻蔑,怠慢
a . 轻微的,纤细的,脆弱的,苗条的
vt . 轻视,忽略,怠慢
轻蔑,怠慢轻微的,纤细的,脆弱的,苗条的轻视,忽略,怠慢
slight adj 1 : (
quantifier used with mass nouns )
small in quantity or degree ;
not much or almost none or (
with `
a ')
at least some ; "
little rain fell in May "; "
gave it little thought "; "
little time is left "; "
we still have little money "; "
a little hope remained "; "
there '
s slight chance that it will work "; "
there '
s a slight chance it will work " [
synonym : {
little (
a )}, {
slight }] [
ant : {
much (
a )}]
2 :
lacking substance or significance ; "
slight evidence "; "
a tenuous argument "; "
a thin plot ";
a fragile claim to fame "
[
synonym : {
flimsy }, {
fragile }, {
slight }, {
tenuous }, {
thin }]
3 :
being of delicate or slender build ; "
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender "-
Frank Norris ; "
a slim girl with straight blonde hair "; "
watched her slight figure cross the street " [
synonym : {
slender }, {
slight }, {
slim }, {
svelte }]
n 1 :
a deliberate discourteous act (
usually as an expression of anger or disapproval ) [
synonym : {
rebuff }, {
slight }]
v 1 :
pay no attention to ,
disrespect ; "
She cold -
shouldered her ex -
fiance " [
synonym : {
slight }, {
cold -
shoulder }]
Slight \
Slight \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Slighted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Slighting }.]
To disregard ,
as of little value and unworthy of notice ;
to make light of ;
as ,
to slight the divine commands . --
Milton .
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The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies .
--
Cowper .
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{
To slight off },
to treat slightingly ;
to drive off ;
to remove . [
R .] -- {
To slight over },
to run over in haste ;
to perform superficially ;
to treat carelessly ;
as ,
to slight over a theme . "
They will but slight it over ." --
Bacon .
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Syn :
To neglect ;
disregard ;
disdain ;
scorn .
Usage : {
Slight }, {
Neglect }.
To slight is stronger than to neglect .
We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness ,
or from being over -
occupied in other concerns .
To slight is always a positive and intentional act ,
resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt .
We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend ;
but when he slights us ,
it is obvious that he is our friend no longer .
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Beware . . .
lest the like befall . . .
If they transgress and slight that sole command .
--
Milton .
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This my long -
sufferance ,
and my day of grace ,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste .
--
Milton .
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Slight \
Slight \,
v .
t . [
Cf .
D .
slechten to level ,
to demolish .]
1 .
To overthrow ;
to demolish . [
Obs .] --
Clarendon .
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2 .
To make even or level . [
Obs .] --
Hexham .
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3 .
To throw heedlessly . [
Obs .]
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The rogue slighted me into the river . --
Shak .
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Slight \
Slight \,
a . [
Compar . {
Slighter };
superl . {
Slightest }.]
[
OE .
sli ?
t ,
sleght ,
probably from OD .
slicht ,
slecht ,
simple ,
plain ,
D .
slecht ;
akin to OFries .
sliucht ,
G .
schlecht ,
schlicht ,
OHG .
sleht smooth ,
simple ,
Icel .
sl ?
ttr smooth ,
Sw .
sl [
aum ]
t ,
Goth .
sla ['
i ]
hts ;
or uncertain origin .]
1 .
Not decidedly marked ;
not forcible ;
inconsiderable ;
unimportant ;
insignificant ;
not severe ;
weak ;
gentle ; --
applied in a great variety of circumstances ;
as ,
a slight (
i .
e .,
feeble )
effort ;
a slight (
i .
e .,
perishable )
structure ;
a slight (
i .
e .,
not deep )
impression ;
a slight (
i .
e .,
not convincing )
argument ;
a slight (
i .
e .,
not thorough )
examination ;
slight (
i .
e .,
not severe )
pain ,
and the like . "
At one slight bound ." --
Milton .
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Slight is the subject ,
but not so the praise .
--
Pope .
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Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds .
--
Locke .
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2 .
Not stout or heavy ;
slender .
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His own figure ,
which was formerly so slight . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
Foolish ;
silly ;
weak in intellect . --
Hudibras .
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Slight \
Slight \,
n .
Sleight . --
Spenser .
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Slight \
Slight \,
n .
The act of slighting ;
the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt ,
as by neglect or oversight ;
neglect ;
indignity .
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Syn :
Neglect ;
disregard ;
inattention ;
contempt ;
disdain ;
scorn ;
disgrace ;
indignity ;
disparagement .
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Slight \
Slight \,
adv .
Slightly . [
Obs .
or Poetic ]
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Think not so slight of glory . --
Milton .
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361 Moby Thesaurus words for "
slight ":
Lenten ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
adulterated ,
affront ,
airy ,
ankle -
deep ,
ascetic ,
asinine ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
austere ,
bantam ,
be blind to ,
be caught out ,
be inattentive ,
be unwary ,
belittle ,
blink ,
blink at ,
boyish ,
breakable ,
bring down ,
bring into discredit ,
bring low ,
brittle ,
carefully ignore ,
catchpenny ,
cheap -
jack ,
cobwebby ,
cold shoulder ,
cold -
shoulder ,
coldness ,
connive at ,
contemn ,
cramped ,
crumbly ,
cry down ,
culpa ,
culpable negligence ,
cursory ,
cut ,
cut a corner ,
cut corners ,
cut dead ,
cut direct ,
dainty ,
debase ,
decry ,
default ,
degrade ,
delicate ,
delicately weak ,
delinquency ,
depreciate ,
depthless ,
dereliction ,
deride ,
derogate from ,
despise ,
detract from ,
diaphanous ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
diminish ,
diminutive ,
dinky ,
disapprove of ,
disconformity ,
discount ,
discredit ,
disdain ,
disgrace ,
dismiss ,
disparage ,
disregard ,
disrespect ,
dodge ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
effeminate ,
empty ,
epidermal ,
ethereal ,
exiguous ,
fail ,
failure ,
fat ,
fatuous ,
feeble ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
flimsy ,
flout ,
foolish ,
forget ,
fragile ,
frail ,
frangible ,
fribble ,
fribbling ,
frivolous ,
frothy ,
frugal ,
fudge ,
futile ,
gaseous ,
gauzy ,
gimcrack ,
gimcracky ,
girlish ,
give no heed ,
give the go -
by ,
gossamer ,
gossamery ,
gracile ,
half -
pint ,
hear nothing ,
hold in contempt ,
hold in derision ,
humiliation ,
idle ,
ignore ,
ill -
treatment ,
impoverished ,
inadequate ,
inadvertence ,
inadvertency ,
inane ,
inattention ,
inconsequential ,
indifference ,
indignity ,
infinitesimal ,
inobservance ,
insecure ,
insignificant ,
insubstantial ,
insult ,
jejune ,
jerry ,
jerry -
built ,
knee -
deep ,
knee -
high ,
knock ,
laches ,
lacy ,
laissez -
faire ,
lapse ,
laugh at ,
laugh to scorn ,
laxity ,
laxness ,
lean ,
let pass ,
light ,
lightweight ,
limited ,
little ,
look right through ,
looseness ,
make light of ,
make little of ,
meager ,
mean ,
miniature ,
minimize ,
minor ,
minute ,
miserly ,
miss ,
misty ,
mortify ,
namby -
pamby ,
narrow ,
neglect ,
neglectfulness ,
negligence ,
negligible ,
niggardly ,
nonadherence ,
noncompliance ,
nonconformance ,
nonconformity ,
nonfeasance ,
nonfulfillment ,
noninterference ,
nonobservance ,
nonperformance ,
nonrestriction ,
not attend ,
not deep ,
not heed ,
not listen ,
not notice ,
nugacious ,
off ,
offend ,
omission ,
omit ,
on the surface ,
one -
horse ,
otiose ,
outrage ,
outside ,
overlook ,
overlooking ,
overpass ,
oversight ,
paltry ,
papery ,
parsimonious ,
pass by ,
pass over ,
pass over lightly ,
pass up ,
pasteboardy ,
pay no attention ,
pay no mind ,
perceptible ,
permissiveness ,
petite ,
piddling ,
pindling ,
pint -
sized ,
pocket ,
pocket -
sized ,
poky ,
pooh -
pooh ,
poor ,
poor stewardship ,
precarious ,
procrastination ,
puny ,
put down ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
rebuff ,
reedy ,
reflect discredit upon ,
refuse to acknowledge ,
refuse to recognize ,
remissness ,
repulse ,
rickety ,
run down ,
scamp ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scoff ,
scoff at ,
scorn ,
scout ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimpy ,
see nothing ,
set at defiance ,
shallow ,
shallow -
rooted ,
shattery ,
shoal ,
short ,
silly ,
sissified ,
skim ,
skim over ,
skim the surface ,
skimp ,
skimpy ,
skin -
deep ,
skip ,
skip over ,
slackness ,
sleazy ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slight over ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
slubber over ,
slur ,
slur over ,
small ,
smallish ,
sneer ,
sniff ,
snort ,
snub ,
spare ,
sparing ,
speak ill of ,
spurn ,
spurning ,
starvation ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
submit to indignity ,
subsistence ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
superficial ,
surface ,
svelte ,
sylphlike ,
tacky ,
tenuous ,
the cold shoulder ,
the go -
by ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
think little of ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
tiny ,
touch upon ,
touch upon lightly ,
trace ,
treat with contempt ,
trifling ,
trite ,
trivial ,
twiggy ,
two -
by -
four ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
unlikely ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
unobservance ,
unprofound ,
unrigorousness ,
unstable ,
unsubstantial ,
vacuous ,
vague ,
vain ,
vapid ,
vaporous ,
vest -
pocket ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
wee ,
willowy ,
windy ,
wink at ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy ,
womanish
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SLIGHT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Slight, disregard, neglect, overlook mean to pay no attention or too little attention to someone or something To slight is to give only superficial attention to something important: to slight one's work
SLIGHT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Sleight means "deceitful craftiness" or "stratagem," and slight means "having a slim or delicate build"; a slim person is sometimes described as being "slight of build "
SLIGHT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity Doctors say he has made a slight improvement We have a slight problem A slight smile flickered over his face He's not the slightest bit worried
Slight - definition of slight by The Free Dictionary 1 Small in size, degree, or amount: a slight tilt; a slight surplus 2 Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail: a slight foundation; slight evidence 3 Of small importance or consideration; trifling: slight matters 4 Small and slender in build or construction; delicate
slight | meaning of slight in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary . . . slight meaning, definition, what is slight: small in degree: Learn more
slight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted) (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of
slight - definition of slight - synonyms, pronunciation, spelling from . . . Definition of slight What does slight mean? Meaning of slight slight synonyms, pronunciation, spelling and more from Free Dictionary
SLIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary slight adjective (NOT SERIOUS) not dealing with very serious or important subjects, or not needing much serious thought:
What does slight mean? - Definitions. net Slight generally refers to something that is small in degree, not strong, or minimal in seriousness or size It can also mean to treat someone with disrespect or without proper attention or care
Slight - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Every meaning of slight stems from the Old Norse for "small or flimsy " If you have a slight build, you're slim with small bones A slight deviation from your plan is a tiny adjustment As a verb, to slight means to ignore or be indifferent toward someone; it's also the noun for the act of ignoring