thin

◎ 单词释义

adj.薄的；瘦的；稀的

形容词: thinnish 副词: thinly 比较级: thinner 最高级: thinnest 名词: thinness 过去式: thinned 过去分词: thinned 现在分词: thinning 第三人称单数: thins

细的

薄的

瘦的

稀疏的，稀少的

稀薄的，微弱的，淡的

浅薄的，空洞的，不能令人信服的

能见度较高的

有气无力的

含氧少的

不真心实意的

冷淡的

暗淡的

质量差的

空乏的

将要垮掉的，守不住的

不舒服的，不愉快的

【印】细体的

【摄】（照片或底片）衬度弱的，不够浓的

adv.(副词)

细

疏

微

薄

稀

稀薄

淡

稀疏地

n.(名词)

细小部分

稀薄部分

v.(动词)

使稀，使薄，使细，使淡，使瘦，使稀薄，使稀疏，使减少

变瘦，变稀，变稀少，变少，变细，变淡

【农】间苗

adj.(形容词)

薄的,细的 having a small or smaller than average distance between opposite surface; not stick

稀的,稀疏的,稀少的 (of a liquid) watery, flowing easily, not closely packed, made of few objects widely separated, easy to see through, not dense

瘦的 having little fat on the body, not fat

弱的,缺乏力量的,浅薄的 lacking in strength and fullness, not having the necessary qualities to gain the intended result; unsatisfactory

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. (使)变稀薄,(使)变稀少,(使)变细 (cause to) become thin or thinner

1. 窄的;细的
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.

e.g. 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。
e.g. James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削，轮廓分明，容易过敏。

2. (人、动物)瘦的
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body .

e.g. He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
他是个瘦高个，头发灰白。
e.g. He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
他个头瘦小，肤色苍白。

thinness
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。

3. (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.

e.g. ...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
e.g. A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。

thinly
Peel and thinly slice the onion...
剥掉洋葱皮，然后切成薄片。
Roll the pasta out as thinly as possible.
把面团擀开，擀得越薄越好。

4. (液体)稀的，淡的
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.

e.g. The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
汤又稀又清，味道却出奇地浓。
e.g. They are stirring huge pots of rice and thin vegetable soup over a fire made of charcoal.
他们搅动着架在木炭火堆上的大罐米饭和蔬菜清汤。

5. (人群、观众)稀少的，稀疏的
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.

e.g. 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。

thinly
The island is thinly populated.
这个岛上人烟稀少。
...thinly attended meetings.
与会者寥寥无几的会议

6. (微笑)冷淡的，牵强的，不幽默的
A thin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous.

e.g. All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。

thinly
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。”

7. (衣物)薄的，单薄的
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.

e.g. 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。

thinly
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。

8. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems a thin argument against reform.
就算乐观主义者的理论是对的，还是不足以阻止改革的进行。

thinly
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。
...a series of what correspondents describe as thinly veiled threats to use force.
一系列被记者们描述为几乎公开表明要诉诸武力的威胁

9. (声音)尖声尖气的，尖细的
A voice or sound that is thin is high-pitched and not very loud.

e.g. Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。

10. (头发)稀疏的
If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.

e.g. 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。

11. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜时分，人群渐渐散去了。

12. 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.

thin

e.g. It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
可能有必要将酱汁稍稍稀释一下。
e.g. Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
阿司匹林可以稀释血液，使其在变窄的血管里更顺畅地流动。

13. (男子的头发)变稀疏，脱落
If a man's hair is thinning, it has begun to fall out.

e.g. 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。


14. (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.

e.g. 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。

15. on thin ice -> see ice
thin air -> see air

相关词组：thin downthin out

1. 瘦的：开发人员可以将企业应用的商业逻辑放在中间层服务器上,而不是客户端,从而将应用的业务逻辑与用户界面隔离开,在保证客户端功能的前提下,为用户提供一个瘦的(thin)界面.

2. 薄的：因此,如果我们能从这个单薄的(thin)基础上建立起一组原则的话,大家都不会对它质疑. 而程序理性正是这种单薄而又不具争论性的东西. 这就是为什么现代政治中,程序理性能为权力提供基础的道理. 用程序理性来证立是否就可以避免任何实质性的原则?

3. thin的近义词

3. 单薄的：因此,如果我们能从这个单薄的(thin)基础上建立起一组原则的话,大家都不会对它质疑. 而程序理性正是这种单薄而又不具争论性的东西. 这就是为什么现代政治中,程序理性能为权力提供基础的道理. 用程序理性来证立是否就可以避免任何实质性的原则?

adj.(形容词)

thin作形容词的基本意思是“薄的,细的”,引申可表示“稀的,稀疏的,稀少的”,指物体两个表面之间较“薄”或圆柱形物与高度相比较小的直径,即“细”; 用于人时则指缺少或低于正常程度的脂肪而显得不丰满,不结实,常用于病后或疲劳而致的消瘦。

thin还可表示“弱的,缺乏力量的,浅薄的”,指言语或作品等缺乏说服力的或内容不充实的。

thin前还常加副词表示程度或说话人的态度。

v.(动词)

thin用作形容词时意思是“薄的”“稀少的”“细的”,转化为动词时,意思是“变得稀薄〔稀少〕”“使…变细”,指减少厚度或浓度,也可用于力度、深度、强度。

thin可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

adj.(形容词)

thin, lanky, slim, underweight

这组词都可形容人“瘦”。其区别是：

thin以中性的方式来描写人的外貌,常同营养、疾病有较多牵连,不含褒贬义; slim描写人的外貌时有瘦得很美的含义,带有褒义; lanky用来描述人又高又瘦,含有幽默的意味; underweight指描述人因吃得不好或生病而过“瘦”。例如:

She was tall and thin, with fairish hair.她高高瘦瘦的,留着长发。

She used to be pretty and slim.她过去非常漂亮苗条。

Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿。

Many people who are underweight are happy with their size.许多人很喜欢自己那种过于瘦的身材。

☆ 直接源自古英语的ynne；最初源自原始日耳曼语的thunnuz，意为狭小的，少的。

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