SLIM


Meaning of SLIM in English

(THIN) [adjective] slimmer, slimmest approving - (esp. of people) attractively thinslim hips/legsShe's got a lovely slim figure.How do you keep so slim - is it all the exercise you do?It's quite a slim volume (= thin book) so it's not too heavy to carry around in your bag.They've only a slim chance of winning (= It's not very likely that they'll win).Slim pickings refers to lack of success in obtaining or achieving something.Buyers who have waited for bargains at the end of the year will find slim pickings.Students who specialize in such fields as accounting, systems analysis and electrical engineering are in demand, she said, but others find slim pickings.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.