外貌协会必备：37个实用英语单词描述外表（二）

用来表达“THIN”的各种单词

The opposite of fat is thin. Some alternative words are slim, slender, skinny, lean, wiry, petite, and lanky. In general, thin, slim, and slender are more positive, whereas skinny is often used as a criticism or negative point.

胖的反义词就是thin(瘦)啦。其他的一些表达包括slim, slender, skinny, lean, wiry, petite和lanky。一般说来，thin，slim和slender是更具褒义的，skinny则是有一点批评的意味或者贬低的含义。

The words lean and wiry mean that the person is thin AND muscular. The word petite is only used for women, and means that the woman is short AND thin. Finally, the word lanky means tall and thin.

Lean和wiry意味着一个人不仅很苗条而且有肌肉。Petite则是用来描述瘦小的女性的。最后，又高又瘦的女性则用lanky来表达。

ENGLISH WORDS FOR “MUSCULAR”

“有肌肉”的英文表达法

What about a person with an athletic body?

那运动员般的身材怎么形容呢?

You can describe him or her as muscular, fit, strong, in good shape, or “ripped” –that’s a slang word meaning that the person has very well-defined and visible muscles –like the guy in this photo.

你可以用muscular，fit，strong，in good shape来说，或者用“ripped”——这是俚语，意思是一个人的身材特别有型，肌肉线条明显——就像这张照片里的男人。