thinned
v. (使)變稀薄, (使)變稀少, (使)變細( thin的過去式和過去分詞 )
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.
A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
一根細電纜將訊號傳送給一臺計算機。
James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削,輪廓分明,容易過敏。
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body .
He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
他是個瘦高個,頭髮灰白。
He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
他個頭瘦小,膚色蒼白。
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...
一本用紙輕薄、字型精細的藍皮小書
A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
薄薄的一層表土被沖走了。
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.
The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
湯又稀又清,味道卻出奇地濃。
They are stirring huge pots of rice and thin vegetable soup over a fire made of charcoal.
他們攪動著架在木炭火堆上的大罐米飯和蔬菜清湯。
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.
比賽前半段觀眾還稀稀拉拉的,這時明顯增多了。
A thin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous.
All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
她極力擠出了一絲勉強的苦笑。
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的禮服很薄,渾身在發抖,一半是凍的。
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,這個證據難以令人信服,而且有點模稜兩可。
Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems a thin argument against reform.
就算樂觀主義者的理論是對的,還是不足以阻止改革的進行。
A voice or sound that is thin is high-pitched and not very loud.
Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨時抬高了尖細的嗓音。
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.
她把一頭稀疏的淺黃色頭髮向後梳,挽成了個圓髻。
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...
當初要是分幾個冬天疏剪樹木,會比一下子疏剪完效果好。
By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜時分,人群漸漸散去了。
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...
可能有必要將醬汁稍稍稀釋一下。
Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
阿司匹林可以稀釋血液,使其在變窄的血管裡更順暢地流動。
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.
他的頭髮開始脫落,面板也老化了。
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.
議會還沒有著手應對日益嚴重的經濟危機,公眾日漸失去了耐心。
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By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜時分,人群漸漸散去了。
They thinned out a stand to create a lush forest tomorrow.
他們除去了林場中多餘的樹木,以利來日森林長得更茂密.
The stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.
小河越來越窄,最後變成了涓涓細流.
The population of the city was thinned out by the black death.
這個城市的人口由於黑死病而減少了.
She has thinned down a lot since last year.
自去年以來她瘦了好多.