thin的中文翻译是什么意思
thin
adj. 薄的; 瘦的; 稀少的; 细的
vt. 使瘦; 使淡; 使稀疏
vi. 变薄; 变瘦; 变淡
adv. 稀疏地，微弱地
thin的柯林斯释义
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。
James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削，轮廓分明，容易过敏。
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。
He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
他个头瘦小，肤色苍白。
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
A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜时分，人群渐渐散去了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
thin的英文释义
Verb
1. lose thickness; become thin or thinner
2. make thin or thinner;
- Thin the solution
3. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;
- cut bourbon
4. take off weight
Adjective
1. 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
2. lacking excess flesh;
- you can't be too rich or too thin
- Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
3. very narrow;
- a thin line across the page
4. having little substance or significance;
- a flimsy excuse
- slight evidence
- a tenuous argument
- a thin plot
5. not dense;
- a thin beard
- trees were sparse
6. 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
7. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume;
- a thin feeble cry
8. lacking spirit or sincere effort;
- a thin smile
Adverb
1. without viscosity;
- the blood was flowing thin
thin的同义词辨析
lean, slender, slim, slight, thin
这些形容词均有"瘦的"之意。
thin的短语
have a thin time
(英，非正式)过得很不舒服
on thin ice
thin air
无影无踪，了无踪影；不存在
the thin blue line
(非正式)（多指社会动荡环境下的）警察
thin end of the wedge
thin on the ground
thin on top
(非正式)头发稀疏的
thin的场景例句
A thin rain began to fall as he turned from the high road into a narrow lane.
当他从大路拐进一条小胡同时,开始下起小雨来.
His wife stuck faithfully to him through thick and thin.
他的妻子和他同甘共苦,对他坚贞不渝.
The coachman had a thin lash.
那马车夫有一根细长的鞭子.
Draw out the wire until it is very thin.
把这条金属线拉得很细才行.
This gruel is too thin.
粥太稀了.