基本释义
- 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
实用例句
Cut the vegetables into thin strips.
把菜切成细条。
牛津词典
A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall.
墙上出现了许多细裂缝。
牛津词典
The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
尸体被埋藏在薄薄的一层土下面。
牛津词典
a thin blouse (= of light cloth)
薄薄的女衬衫
牛津词典
He was tall and thin, with dark hair.
他又高又瘦，满头黑发。
牛津词典
She was looking pale and thin.
她面黄肌瘦。
牛津词典
He is as thin as a rake (= very thin) .
他骨瘦如柴。
牛津词典
thin legs
细腿
牛津词典
thin grey hair
稀疏的花白头发
牛津词典
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。
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。
...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。
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。
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。
All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。
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。
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。
Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
真题例句
Her biggest concern is the emphasis American culture places on thinness and the negative ways this affects girls today.
出自-2016年6月听力原文Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable to eating disorders resulting from occupational demands to maintain extreme thinness.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文She shows them pictures and images from popular culture of beautiful women and explains how computers are used to make the women look even more thin and beautiful than they are in real life.
2016年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section CWhen the tower was first constructed in 1962, it was covered with thin square stones.
2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section AA mother who is always complaining about being overweight or old sends the message that women are supposed to be thin and young.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文Why can't the herd be thinned the old-fashioned way?
出自-2013年12月听力原文But if they are taken regularly, they cause a thinning of the voice muscle.
出自-2013年6月听力原文Now, they are introducing new Barbies with three slightly different body shapes, while the original tall and thin Barbies would continue to be sold.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section BThe thin, extremely sharp needles didn't hurt at all going in.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CThey are thin, tall, long-legged and virtually unlike any real human being.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section BThey cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section AThey say that the new body shapes could be even more different from the original tall, thin Barbies.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section BThus, body weight is not always the best indicator of health and a thin person still needs to eat well and exercise regularly.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section AAmericans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year.
2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo.
2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文Their research also suggests how we may build lasting memories over time even though the synapses become thinner.
2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand.
出自-2012年考研阅读原文The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.
出自-2016年考研阅读原文But for the most part, these benefits seem thin, uncertain, and far off.
2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section ⅡFor example, heavier women are less likely to develop calcium deficiency than thin women.
2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section ⅠJohn Gottman, the marriage expert, explains that we quickly"thin slice"information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in "thick sliced" long-term study.
2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section ⅡThe state's proposed Forest Carbon Plan aims to double efforts to thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
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
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"
1. without viscosity;
"the blood was flowing thin"