English Dictionary

lean

/liːn/

adj

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. / (of meat) Having little fat. / Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

She is a lean and fit athlete.

意味（1）

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

意味（2）

(of meat) Having little fat.

lean steak cuts

意味（3）

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

a lean budget

意味（4）

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

A lean ore hardly worth mining.

意味（5）

(printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

lean copy, matter, or type

意味（6）

(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".

lean management