thin
- adj.薄的;瘦的;细的;稀薄的;稀疏的;稀少的;微弱的;质量差的;能见度较高的;不真心实意的
- adv.薄薄地
- v.(掺水等)使稀薄，使变淡;变稀疏;(使)变稀薄，变少;变稀少
- n.细小部分
最高级： thinnest 比较级： thinner 派生词： thinness n. 过去式： thinned 现在分词： thinning 过去分词： thinned 第三人称单数： thins
thinadj.
薄；细 not thick
薄的；细的
having a smaller distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal
Cut the vegetables into thin strips.
把菜切成细条。
A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall.
墙上出现了许多细裂缝。
The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
尸体被埋藏在薄薄的一层土下面。
a thin blouse (= of light cloth)
薄薄的女衬衫
瘦 not fat
瘦的
not covered with much flesh
He was tall and thin, with dark hair.
他又高又瘦，满头黑发。
She was looking pale and thin.
她面黄肌瘦。
He is as thin as a rake (= very thin) .
他骨瘦如柴。
thin legs
细腿
毛发 hair
稀少的；稀疏的
not growing closely together or in large amounts
thin grey hair
稀疏的花白头发
液体 liquid
稀薄的；淡的
containing more liquid than is normal or expected
The sauce was thin and tasteless.
这酱汁淡而无味。
烟 smoke
能见度较高的；稀薄的
fairly easy to see through
They fought their way through where the smoke was thinner.
他们挣扎着从烟雾稀薄的地方逃了出去。
空气 air
稀薄的；含氧少的
containing less oxygen than normal
声音 sound
微弱的；尖细的；有气无力的
high and weak
Her thin voice trailed off into silence.
她的声音越来越弱直至毫无声息。
微笑 smile
不真心实意的；冷淡的
not sincere or enthusiastic
He gave a thin smile.
他淡然一笑。
光 light
微弱的；暗淡的
not very bright
the thin grey light of dawn
浅灰色的晨曦
劣质 poor quality
质量差的；空乏的；拙劣的
of poor quality; lacking an important quality
a thin excuse (= one that people are not likely to believe)
站不住脚的借口
Their arguments all sound a little thin to me.
他们的论据我听起来都觉得有点儿缺乏说服力。
to be taking a risk
to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way
to have many problems or difficulties to deal with; to not be successful
from nowhere or nothing, as if by magic
an event or action that is the beginning of sth more serious and/or unpleasant
without much hair on the head
他开始有点谢顶了。
He's starting to get a little thin on top (= he's losing his hair) .
the lack of ability to accept criticism, insults, etc. without becoming upset
if people or things are thick/thin on the ground , there are a lot/not many of them in a place
一年里这个季节顾客很少。
Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year.
to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake
他想滑稽而不粗鲁，难以把握分寸。
He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
to try to do so many different things at the same time that you do not do any of them well
to begin to become weaker or less acceptable
这些托词让人听得有点儿腻烦。
These excuses are wearing a little thin (= because we've heard them so many times before) .
adv.
薄薄地
in a way that produces a thin piece or layer of sth
Don't spread it too thin.
不要涂得太薄。
I like my bread sliced thin.
我喜欢吃切成薄片的面包。
verb
液体 liquid
（掺水等）使稀薄，使变淡
to make a liquid less thick or strong by adding water or another substance
Thin the paint with water.
用水把颜料调稀。
毛发 of hair
变稀疏；变稀少
to become less thick
a middle-aged man with thinning hair
头发逐渐稀少的中年男子
变稀少 become less thick
（使）变稀薄，变稀疏，变少
to become less thick or fewer in number; to make sth less thick or fewer, for example by removing some things or people
The clouds thinned and the moon shone through.
云层渐稀，透出了月光。
The crowd had thinned out and only a few people were left.
人群渐渐散去，只剩下几个人。
Thin out the seedlings to about 10cm apart.
把秧苗间成相隔10厘米。
These adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns.以上形容词常与下列名词连用：
narrow ~ |
thin ~ |
road |
man |
entrance |
legs |
bed |
ice |
stairs |
line |
majority |
layer |
victory |
material |
range |
cream |
Narrow describes something that is a short distance from side to side. Thin describes people, or something that has a short distance through it from one side to the other.narrow表示窄。thin指人瘦或物细、薄。
Thin is also used of things that are not as thick as you expect. Narrow can be used with the meanings ‘only just achieved’ and ‘limited’.thin亦用以指薄。narrow可表示勉强达到、仅仅。
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ADJ-GRADED 窄的;细的
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
一根细电缆将信号传送给一台计算机。
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ADJ-GRADED (人、动物)瘦的
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body .He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
他是个瘦高个，头发灰白。
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There was something familiar about him, his fawn raincoat, his thinness, the way he moved.
他有点眼熟——浅黄褐色雨衣，瘦削的身影，走路的姿态。
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ADJ-GRADED (纸、布等)薄的
Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces....a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
一本用纸轻薄、字体精细的蓝皮小书
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Peel and thinly slice the onion...
剥掉洋葱皮，然后切成薄片。
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ADJ-GRADED (液体)稀的，淡的
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
汤又稀又清，味道却出奇地浓。
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ADJ-GRADED (人群、观众)稀少的，稀疏的
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
比赛前半段观众还稀稀拉拉的，这时明显增多了。
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The island is thinly populated.
这个岛上人烟稀少。
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ADJ-GRADED (微笑)冷淡的，牵强的，不幽默的
A thin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous.All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。
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Wilson smiled thinly. 'We have decided to name the new Home after Councillor Minford.'
威尔逊淡淡一笑，“我们已经决定以市政议员明福德的名字给这个新疗养院命名。”
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ADJ-GRADED (衣物)薄的，单薄的
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的礼服很薄，浑身在发抖，一半是冻的。
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Mrs Brown wrapped the thinly clad man in her fur coat.
布朗夫人用自己的皮大衣把那个衣衫单薄的男子裹住。
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ADJ-GRADED (论点、解释)浅薄的，不足信的，说服力差的
If you describe an argument or explanation as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
然而，这个证据难以令人信服，而且有点模棱两可。
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Much of the speech was a thinly disguised attack on the management of the company.
讲话内容大多是对公司管理层几乎不加掩饰的抨击。
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ADJ-GRADED (声音)尖声尖气的，尖细的
A voice or sound that is thin is high-pitched and not very loud.Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
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ADJ-GRADED (头发)稀疏的
If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
她把一头稀疏的浅黄色头发向后梳，挽成了个圆髻。
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V-ERG (使)变稀疏
When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time...
当初要是分几个冬天疏剪树木，会比一下子疏剪完效果好。
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VERB 使（调味汁或液体）变稀薄;使变淡
To thin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
可能有必要将酱汁稍稍稀释一下。
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VERB (男子的头发)变稀疏，脱落
If a man's hair is thinning, it has begun to fall out.His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
他的头发开始脱落，皮肤也老化了。
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PHRASE (耐心等)消磨掉，耗尽
If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
议会还没有着手应对日益严重的经济危机，公众日渐失去了耐心。
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on thin ice→ see:ice
verb
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- take off weight
- Synonym: reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize slim down
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- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- cut bourbon
- Synonym: dilute thin out reduce cut
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- make thin or thinner
- Thin the solution
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- lose thickness;become thin or thinner
adj
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- not dense
- a thin beard
- trees were sparse
- Synonym: sparse
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- lacking excess flesh
- you can't be too rich or too thin
- Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespear
- Synonym: lean
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- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- a thin feeble cry
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- lacking substance or significance;a fragile claim to fame"
- slight evidence
- a tenuous argument
- a thin plot
- Synonym: flimsy fragile slight tenuous
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- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- a thin smile
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- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- thin wire
- a thin chiffon blouse
- a thin book
- a thin layer of paint
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- relatively thin in consistency or low in density;not viscous
- air is thin at high altitudes
- a thin soup
- skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk
- thin oil
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- very narrow
- a thin line across the page
- Synonym: slender
adv
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- without viscosity
- the blood was flowing thin
- Synonym: thinly
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It was crazy of you to go skating on such thin ice .
到这样薄的冰上溜冰，你真是疯了。
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Such a thin padded coat cannot ward off the cold mountain wind .
这么薄的棉衣在高山上挡不住寒风。
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Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year .
一年里这个季节顾客很少。
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He 's starting to get a little thin on top .
他开始有点谢顶了。
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The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil .
尸体被埋藏在薄薄的一层土下面。
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He has a large body , but thin legs .
他身宽腿细。
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A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall .
墙上出现了许多细裂缝。
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Their arguments all sound a little thin to me .
他们的论据我听起来都觉得有点儿缺乏说服力。
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She may be thin , but she eats like a horse .
她或许是瘦了点，但吃得却很多。
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He was tall and thin , with dark hair .
他又高又瘦，满头黑发。
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A thin layer of dust covered everything .
所有的物品上都积了薄薄的一层灰尘。
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The plant 's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes .
这种植物的茎上长有绿色细长条纹。
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Don 't spread it too thin .
不要涂得太薄。
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They fought their way through where the smoke was thinner .
他们挣扎着从烟雾稀薄的地方逃了出去。
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She came out of the ordeal looking thin and worn .
她经历过这场苦难后显得憔悴不堪。
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She was a thin , nervous girl .
她是个瘦削而又胆怯的女孩儿。
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Steve is tall and thin and has brown hair .
史蒂夫又高又瘦，长着棕色的头发。
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She was very thin , almost to the point of emaciation .
她很瘦，几乎到了憔悴的地步。
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Her lips compressed into a thin line .
她的双唇抿成了一道缝。
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She 's not thin ─ if anything she 's on the plump side .
她并不瘦——其实她还有点胖呢。
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His mouth tightened into a thin line .
他的嘴抿成了一道细缝。
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These excuses are wearing a little thin .
这些托词让人听得有点儿腻烦。
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He gave a thin smile .
他淡然一笑。
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She was looking pale and thin .
她面黄肌瘦。
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Cut the meat into thin slices .
把肉切成薄片。
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I like my bread sliced thin .
我喜欢吃切成薄片的面包。
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The gold is beaten out into thin strips .
金子被锤打成了薄薄的长条。
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Cut the vegetables into thin strips .
把菜切成细条。
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She 's tall and thin .
她身材高瘦。
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At last , a women 's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful .
终于有一家妇女杂志起来推翻瘦即美的神话。
尤指男人或动物瘦而健壮的。
He was lean, tall and muscular.
他身材瘦高，肌肉结实。
He has a lean handsome face.
他的脸清瘦而英俊。
多指女性身材修长苗条、体态优美的；形容物体时表示细或窄的。
All girls want to be slender.
女孩都希望身材苗条。
The birch has smooth bark and slender branches.
桦树有光滑的树皮和细长的树枝。
指人瘦小纤弱的。
Ann is a slight girl.
安是个瘦弱的女孩。
Her slight frame was shaken by bouts of coughing.
她纤弱的身躯因阵阵咳嗽而颤抖。
指人身材修长的，常用于减肥者；也可形容书、钱包等薄的。
a slim volume of prose
一本薄薄的散文集
She is trying to get slim.
她想要变苗条一些。
She goes for tall slim men.
她喜欢瘦高个的男子。
普通用词，指人或身体部位瘦削的，也可形容物体细或薄的。
The boy was thin for his age.
就他的年龄而言，这男孩算是瘦的。
She is thin in the face.
她脸部瘦削。
She was wearing a thin gold chain.
她戴着一条细金链。
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