Trim

(noun.) cutting down to the desired size or shape.

(noun.) attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation.

(noun.) a state of arrangement or appearance; 'in good trim'.

(verb.) adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used.

(verb.) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.

(verb.) decorate, as with ornaments; 'trim the christmas tree'; 'trim a shop window'.

(verb.) be in equilibrium during a flight; 'The airplane trimmed'.

(verb.) balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; 'trim an airplane'.

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• I'm awfully lopsided, you know, and stowed down in my pocket it'll trim the ship. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Others, less injured and still in fighting trim, were making for the beaches close beneath him that would bring them under the protection of his army. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So trim her waist, her cap, her dress--I wondered how they had all been manufactured. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As a peasant girl, she would go ever trim and cleanly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• What a figure, so trim and natty! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Everything was in its place and order as he had always kept it, the little fire was newly trimmed, and the hearth was freshly swept. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• If she rose a trimmed, artificial mound, without inequality, what vantage would she offer the foot? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He trimmed the lamp, arranged his table, and said, Now, I am ready to begin. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• However, old frocks were trimmed, and new bonnets made, and the young ladies looked as well as could possibly have been expected of them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Holmes walked slowly up and down the ill-trimmed lawn and examined with deep attention the outsides of the windows. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I know somewhere about what things are likely to be; but there's no trimming and squaring my affairs, as Chloe trims crust off her pies. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with: I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I've worked sometimes whole afternoons, trimming her caps, and getting her ready to go to a party. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I wish these fine folk would stay at home till they're asked; and I want to finish trimming my hat (bonnet she meant). 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You wore a costume of dove-colored silk with ostrich-feather trimming. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I know somewhere about what things are likely to be; but there's no trimming and squaring my affairs, as Chloe trims crust off her pies. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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