slightとは

発音

• enPR: slīt, IPA^(key): /slaɪt/
• 韻: -aɪt
• Homophone: sleight

形容詞

slight (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)

1. Small in amount, gentle, or weak; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.

   a slight (i.e. feeble) effort;  a slight (i.e. not deep) impression;  a slight (i.e. not convincing) argument;  a slight (i.e. not thorough) examination;  a slight (i.e. not severe) pain;  in the slight future (i.e. the very near future)

   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope

     Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.

   • (Can we date this quote?) John Locke

     Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .

2. Not stout or heavy; slender.

   a slight but graceful woman

   • (Can we date this quote?) Sir Walter Scott

     his own figure, which was formerly so slight

3. (regional) Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).

   A slight stone

   The sea was slight and calm

4. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Hudibras to this entry?)

5. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as goods).

   A gullible chapman was fooled into buying really slight goods.

6. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

     This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]

同意語

• (small in amount): ignorable, meaningless, negligible, tiny; see also Thesaurus:tiny or Thesaurus:insignificant
• (not stout または heavy): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
• (even, smooth または level): flat, glassy, slick; see also Thesaurus:smooth
• (foolish): daft, fatuous, soft in the head; see also Thesaurus:foolish
• (of poor quality): flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
• (treating with disdain): contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; see also Thesaurus:disdainful

反意語

• essencial
• important
• radical
• significant

派生語

• slightish
• slightly
• slightful
• slighting
• slightness

動詞

slight (三人称単数 現在形 slights, 現在分詞 slighting, 過去形および過去分詞形 slighted)

1. (transitive) To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Cowper

     the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies

2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
   • 1915, Correct English (volumes 16-17, page 182)

     Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.

3. (transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Clarendon to this entry?)

6. (transitive) To make even or level.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Hexham to this entry?)

7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     The rogue slighted me into the river.

同意語

• (to make light of): belittle
• (to treat with disdain または neglect): contemn, despise

反意語

• (to make light of): respect, value, esteem
• (to treat with disdain または neglect): respect, honor

派生語

• slightingly

名詞

slight (複数形 slights)

1. The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Benjamin Franklin

     Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.

2. (obsolete) Sleight.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

同意語

• ignoring
• neglect
• belittlement

反意語

• respect

派生語

• put a slight upon

参照

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary

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