adj. (thinner; thinnest) 1.薄的 (opp. thick); 瘦的 (opp. fat, stout); 细小的；【印刷】细体的。 2.稀少的，稀疏的 (opp. dense)。 3.稀薄的，淡薄的(液体、气体等) (opp. thick); 浅薄的，空洞的，没有什么内容的，不充实的。 4.显而易见的，易看破的。 5.〔美口〕手头缺钱；简陋的，微少的(供给等)。 6.〔美俚〕无聊的，不舒服的，不愉快的。 7.〔美俚〕将要垮掉的，守不住的。 8.【摄影】(照片、底版)衬度弱的。 短语和例子 a thin board 薄板。 a thin cat 瘦猫；〔比喻〕无权无势的人。 a thin house 观众稀少的戏院。 a thin meeting 来人稀少的集会。 a thin slice of bolony 〔美国〕极夸大的要求；傻话；露骨的虚伪；瞎说乱讲的人。 a thin soup 淡而无味的汤。 a thin story 内容空洞的故事。 thin green 淡绿。 thin hair 稀疏的头发。 thin one 〔美国〕十分银币。 That's (a lot) too thin. 〔口语〕太露骨，显而易见。 be thin in the face 脸瘦。 have a thin time (of it) 碰到不愉快事。 look thin after illness 病后显得清瘦。 adv. 〔诗〕稀薄，淡，细，疏，稀疏，微。 n. 细小部分，稀薄部分。 vt. 使薄，使细，使稀薄，使淡，使稀疏；【农业】间苗；使瘦。 Famine and war have thinned the population. 灾荒和战争使人口减少了。 vi. 变薄；变细；变稀薄；变淡；变稀疏；变瘦。 When the crowd thinned, we left the square. 人群散开的时候，我们离开了广场。 thin down 弄细；变细。 thin out 间(苗)，疏(果)；(听众)减少；变薄。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
lacking excess flesh; "you can''t be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare 同义词：lean,
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
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"
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"
without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" 同义词：thinly, thinly,
without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" 同义词：thinly, thinly,
not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" 同义词：sparse,
lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" 同义词：flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous,
lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
very narrow; "a thin line across the page" 同义词：slender,
take off weight 同义词：reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, slim down,
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" 同义词：dilute, thin out, reduce, cut,
make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
例句与用法
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The stream had thinned down to a mere trickle . 这条小河变成细流了。
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The ice is too thin to bear your weight . 冰太薄，承受不住你的重量。
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War and disease had thinned the population . 战争和疾病已使人口减少。
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It 's clear that he is getting thinner every day . 他眼见得日益消瘦。
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Famine and war have thinned the population . 灾荒和战争使人口减少了。
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Vandeuvres smiled his thin smile . 汪德夫尔展开了他脸上那淡淡的笑容。
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She has thinned down a lot since last year . 自去年以来她瘦了好多。
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A thin layer of ice is formed over the lake ... 湖面上凝结了一层薄冰。
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We cut it into thin slices and fry it . 我们把它切成薄片并用油煎。
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Faults are thick where love is thin . 爱情淡薄时，样样都不顺眼。
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