英[svelt]美[svelt]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
来自法语svelte，苗条的，来自意大利语svellere，拔出，来自通俗拉丁语*exvellere，拔出，来自ex-，向外，vellere，拔，拉，来自PIE*wel，拉，撕，词源同wool，vulture.
adjective(形容词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)
小知识
Svelte means slender. It's used to describe people, not things, and it implies a certain elegance. You might say that a middle-aged woman who had kept a svelte figure could still pass for a sixteen-year-old girl.
Svelte came to English from the French, back in the 19th century when the French had the last word on fashion, which probably accounts for its associations with elegance. It has nothing to do with the word sweltering, which means hot enough to make you sweat.