thin /θɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( thinning, thinned, thinner, thins, thinnest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long. 细的

  例：

  A thin cable carries the signal to a computer.

  一条细电缆把信号传给一台计算机。

• 2. 

  ADJ A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body . (人或动物) 瘦的

  例：

  He was a tall, thin man with grey hair that fell in a wild tangle to his shoulders.

  他个子瘦高，灰白的头发乱蓬蓬地散落在肩上。

• 3. 

  ADJ Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces. (纸或布等) 薄的

  例：

  ...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper.

  …一本纸质轻薄、用细小字体印刷而成的蓝皮小书。

• 4. 

  thinly ADV 薄薄地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Peel and thinly slice the onion.

  给洋葱剥皮，切成薄片。

• 5. 

  ADJ Liquids that are thin are weak and watery. (液体) 稀的

  例：

  The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich.

  那汤既稀又清，但味道却出奇地足。

• 6. 

  ADJ A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it. 人数稀少的

  例：

  The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.

  上半场比赛时观众稀稀拉拉的，现在则大大增多了。

• 7. 

  thinly ADV 稀少地 [ADV -ed]

  例：

  The island is thinly populated.

  这个岛人口稀少。

• 8. 

  ADJ Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear. (衣服) 薄的

  例：

  Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.

  她的礼服很薄，她浑身发抖，部分是由于寒冷所致。

• 9. 

  ADJ If you describe an argument, an explanation, or evidence as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe. (论点、解释或证据) 难以令人信服的

  例：

  The DA was certain she had the right man, but the evidence was thin.

  这位地方检察官确信自己找对了人，但是证据却难以令人信服。

• 10. 

  thinly ADV 难以令人信服地

  例：

  Much of the speech was a thinly disguised attack on environmentalists.

  演讲内容大多是对环保主义者几乎不加掩饰的攻击。

• 11. 

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

  例：

  She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.

  她的头发稀疏、淡黄，往后梳成了一个圆髻。

• 12. 

  V-T/V-I When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it. 使变稀疏; 变稀疏

  例：

  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来疏剪树木，会比一次性疏剪要更好些。

• 13. 

  PHRASAL VERB Thin out means the same as . 使稀疏

  例：

  NATO will continue to thin out its forces.

  北约将继续裁军。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone. (耐心等) 消磨掉

  例：

  War has achieved little, and public patience is wearing thin.

  战争收获甚微，公众的耐心日渐消磨。

• 15. 

  on thin ice →see ice

• 16. 

  thin air →see air