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词根:thin
adj.thin 薄的;瘦的;稀薄的;微弱的
thinner 薄的;瘦的;细的
adv.thin 稀疏地;微弱地
n.thin 细小部分
thinner 稀释剂,冲淡剂
thinned 揭薄
thinness 薄;瘦;细
v.thinned 变薄(thin的过去式)
vi.thin 变薄;变瘦;变淡
vt.thin 使瘦;使淡;使稀疏
adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
measuring little in cross section or diameter
thin rope
not dense in arrangement or distribution
thin hair
not well fleshed : lean
more fluid or rarefied than normal
thin air
having less than the usual number : scanty
thin attendance
few in number : scarce
scantily supplied
characterized by a paucity of bids or offerings
a thin market
lacking substance or strength a thin plot
thin broth
of a soil infertile, poor
flimsy, unconvincing
a thin disguise
disappointingly poor or hard
had a thin time of it
somewhat feeble, shrill, and lacking in resonance
a thin voice
lacking in intensity or brilliance
thin light
lacking sufficient photographic density or contrast
verb
transitive verb
to make thin or thinner:
to reduce in thickness or depth : attenuate
to make less dense or viscous
dilute, weaken
to cause to lose flesh
thinned by weeks of privation
to reduce in number or bulk
intransitive verb
to become thin or thinner
to become weak
adverb
in a thin manner : thinly—used especially in combinationthin-flowing
thin-clad
Adjective Middle English thin, thinne, going back to Old English þynne, going back to Germanic *þunnu- (assimilated to the -ja-stem adjectives in West Germanic, whence Middle Dutch dunne "thin," Old High German dunni, against Old Norse þunnr), generalized from a paradigm *þenu-, *þunw-a-, going back to Indo-European *ténh2u-, *tn̥h2u̯ó-, whence also, from with a base *tenh2u-, *tn̥h2u- with varying ablaut and suffixation, Old Irish tanae "thin, slender," Old Welsh teneu, Middle Breton tanau, Latin tenuis "fine-drawn, thin, narrow, slight," Greek tanu- "extended, long," tanaós "outstretched, long," Old Church Slavic tĭnŭkŭ "fine, delicate," Russian tónkij "thin," Croatian & Serbian tȁnak, Lithuanian tę́vas, Sanskrit tanúḥ, tánukaḥ "thin, small" Note: Indo-European *tenh2u-, *tn̥h2u- is usually taken to be a derivative of the verbal base *ten- "stretch, extend"; see tenant >entry 1. Verb Middle English thinnen, going back to Old English þynnian, derivative of þynne thin >entry 1 Adverb Middle English thynne, derivative of thin, thinne thin >entry 1
The first known use of thin was before the 12th century
third1 of 2adjective
being number three in a series see number
being next after the second in time, order, or importance
the third taxi in line
being one of three equal parts of something
a third share of the money
third2 of 2noun
one that is number three in a series see number
one next after a second in time, order, or importance
the third in line
one of three equal parts of something
a third of the pie
the difference in pitch between the first tone and the third tone of a scale
the third forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle
third base
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
thinnernoun
one that thinsespecially: a liquid (as turpentine) used to thin paint
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
thin1 of 2adjective
having little extent from one surface to its opposite
thin paper
having widely scattered units
thin hair
having too little flesh
a tall thin boy
less dense than normal
thin air
lacking substance or strength thin excuses
thin broth
somewhat weak or shrill
a thin voice
thin2 of 2verb
to make or become thin
to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding
thin young carrots in the garden
1 To spread ( ink ) thinly over a surface.
在表面上薄薄地涂 ( 墨水 )
2 I smile and nod along with his statement, but it sounds like a thinly veiled threat.
3 ...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
4 The crowd, which had been thinly dispersed around the track to see War Admiral’s distance workouts, migrated up to the turn after Seabiscuit and stood in a thick mass by the rail.
5 She ate fluffy eggs and thinly sliced salmon and crescents of fresh melon, watching Curt and his mother, both blindingly golden-haired.
6 I’d been ready for a muscular thug and negotiations filled with thinly veiled threats and bravado.
7 "I think we lost them," he said, and smiled thinly as he patted his beard into shape.
8 Their thinly veiled condescension, their false validations irritated her.
9 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。
10 By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜时分,人群渐渐散去了。
11 Theodora laughed in a little continuing cry, laughing on and on thinly, and said through her laughter, “I looked back—I went and looked behind us...” and laughed on.
12 It reportedly contained thinly veiled references to Malone and members of her family.
据报道,这本书毫不隐晦地多次提及马龙及其家族成员。
13 His face has been thinned by illness.
14 Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened lightpoles whining thinly in the wind.
15 James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削,轮廓分明,容易过敏。
16 pizza with a thin crust
17 Centaurus population is thinly spread across these colonies, now totalling approximately 5 billion human beings.
半人马星座人稀疏地在这些殖民地扩展, 现在总数大约达到50亿人.
18 Globes of thinly blown sugar sit on each plate and must be broken open in order to access the clouds of cream within.
19 The plane was gone from the sky and the white plumes of floating smoke were thinly spread, vanishing.
20 She smiled thinly.
她淡然一笑。
1 稀疏
open thin scattered sparse wispy lax infrequent scattering sporadically sparsity thin out few and far between lank
2 冷淡
off cool clinical thin distant chilly frosty frigid impersonal aloof uninterested gruff unconcerned half-hearted ice-cold passionless unwelcoming stand-offish stony-faced weakly coldly coolly drily distance indifference coldness cool down cool off
3 冷漠
cool cold dead remote detached chilly stony unfriendly disinterested callous aloof wintry apathetic uncaring unmoved unsympathetic emotionless passionless stand-offish gelid stony-faced coldly coolly stonily detachment apathy lethargy coolness coldness disinterest unconcern
5 显而易见的
transparent evident manifest noticeable marked self-evident unquestioned crystal clear writ large
6 瘦
mawger lean spare meager gaunt lank hidebound fatless thin bony meagre scrawny scraggy skinny leanness
8 微弱
little small low thin weak narrow shallow pale faint vague frail feeble tenuous faintly wanly tenuously shallowness feebleness tenuousness
9 稀薄
fine rare thin weak subtle aerial dilute ethereal attenuate tenuous serous rarefied washy rarity thinness sparsity rareness tenuity wateriness rarefy subtilize
11 弱
short weak tender feeble weakly weakling dickey piano feebly weakness weaken low thin powerless infirm
13 薄薄地
14 稀薄地
15 容易看出
16 显而易见地
17 显而易见
apparent transparent evident manifest noticeable marked self-evident unquestioned crystal clear obviously transparency express as plain as a pikestaff as plain as day as plain as the nose on your face plain as a pikestaff plain as day plain as the nose on your face be in evidence stand out a mile stick out a mile as clear as day clear as day for all the world to see be staring in the face go without saying in evidence for all to see writ large
18 几乎没有