trim /trɪm/ CET4 TEM4 ( trimming, trimmed, trimmer, trims, trimmest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Something that is trim is neat, and attractive. 整洁美观的

  例：

  The neighbors' gardens were trim and neat.

  邻居们的花园既整洁又美观。

• 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. 苗条的 [表赞许]

  例：

  The driver was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty.

  驾车者是一位大约三十来岁的苗条年轻女子。

• 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. 修剪

  例：

  My friend trims my hair every eight weeks.

  我朋友每隔8周就为我修剪一次头发。

• 4. 

  N-SING Trim is also a noun. 修剪

  例：

  His hair needed a trim.

  他的头发需要修剪了。

• 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. 削减

  例：

  American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs.

  美国公司研究了他们可能削减成本的方案。

• 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. 镶边于 [usu passive]

  例：

  ...jackets, which are then trimmed with crocheted flowers.

  …镶着钩针编织花边的夹克。

• 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. 镶边

  例：

  ...a white satin scarf with black trim.

  …一条镶着黑边的白色绸缎围巾。