thin的常用短语是：用作形容词(adj.)grow thin变小〔少〕 become small or less。thin【近义词】faint。thin的读音是英[θ?n]；美[θ?n]。
一、详尽释义点此查看thin的详细内容
二、英英释义
"thin wire"
"a thin chiffon blouse"
"a thin book"
"a thin layer of paint"
"you can't be too rich or too thin"
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
"a thin line across the page"
"a thin beard"
"trees were sparse"
"air is thin at high altitudes"
"a thin soup"
"skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"
"thin oil"
"a thin feeble cry"
"a thin smile"
"slight evidence"
"a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"
"the blood was flowing thin"
"Thin the solution"
"cut bourbon"
三、词典解释
1.窄的;细的
Something that isthin is much narrower than it is long.
e.g. Athin cable carries the signal to a computer...
一根细电缆将信号传送给一台计算机。
e.g. James's face wasthin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削，轮廓分明，容易过敏。
2.(人、动物)瘦的
A person or animal that isthin has no extra fat on their body .
e.g. He was a tall,thin man with grey hair...
他是个瘦高个，头发灰白。
e.g. He is small and verythin and has pale-white skin.
他个头瘦小，肤色苍白。
3.(纸、布等)薄的
Something such as paper or cloth that isthin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
e.g. ...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type onthin paper...
一本用纸轻薄、字体精细的蓝皮小书
e.g. Athin layer of topsoil was swept away.
薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。
4.(液体)稀的，淡的
Liquids that arethin are weak and watery.
e.g. The soup wasthin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
汤又稀又清，味道却出奇地浓。
e.g. They are stirring huge pots of rice andthin 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。
5.(人群、观众)稀少的，稀疏的
A crowd or audience that isthin does not have many people in it.
e.g. The crowd, which had beenthin 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。
6.(微笑)冷淡的，牵强的，不幽默的
Athin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous.
e.g. All she could manage was athin, wan smile.
她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。
7.(衣物)薄的，单薄的
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
e.g. Her gown wasthin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的礼服很薄，浑身在发抖，一半是冻的。
8.(论点、解释)浅薄的，不足信的，说服力差的
If you describe an argument or explanation asthin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
e.g. However, the evidence isthin 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。
e.g. Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems athin 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。
9.(声音)尖声尖气的，尖细的
A voice or sound that isthin is high-pitched and not very loud.
e.g. Herthin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
10.(头发)稀疏的
If someone's hair is described asthin, they do not have a lot of hair.
e.g. She had palethin 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。
11.(使)变稀疏
When youthin something or when itthins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜时分，人群渐渐散去了。
12.使（调味汁或液体）变稀薄;使变淡
Tothin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.
thin
e.g. It may be necessary tothin the sauce slightly...
可能有必要将酱汁稍稍稀释一下。
e.g. 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。
13.(男子的头发)变稀疏，脱落
If a man's hairis thinning, it has begun to fall out.
e.g. 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。
14.(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.
e.g. Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearingthin.
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。
15. onthin ice -> see ice
thin air -> see air
相关词组：thin downthin out
四、例句
The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.
池塘上的冰面太薄了，不能滑冰。
His face is thin and very tanned.
他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。
This string is too thin, I need a thicker piece.
这根绳子太细了,我需要一根粗些的。
Boil down the soup until it gets thicker. I don't like thin soup.
把汤熬浓,我不喜欢稀汤。
五、常用短语
That country's manpower and its resources are already stretched thin.
那个国家的人力和财力已快到山穷水尽的地步了。
Seven years of war have stretched their army thin.
七年战争已使他们的兵力感到不足。
This liquid appears to have thinned down.
这液体好像变得稀薄了。
thin sth ? downThe painter thinned the paint down with white spirit.
画家用松香油溶剂稀释颜料。
Can you thin the paint down so that it spreads more easily?
你能不能把油漆调稀点儿?这样不好刷。
The oppression of the invaders had thinned down the population of the village.
入侵者的压迫使这个村庄的人口减少了。
thin down to sthThe stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.
小河越来越窄,最后变成了涓涓细流。
Her voice thinned down to a whisper as people turned to shush her.
当人们回过头来嘘她时,她就放低嗓门讲话了。
The enemy resistance thinned out as night approached.
傍晚时,敌人的抵抗越来越弱了。
thin sth ? outThe barber thinned out his customer's thick hair.
理发师把顾客的浓密头发削薄了些。
thin outTowards the city limits the houses begin to thin out.
靠近城市尽头的地方房屋渐渐稀少起来。
thin sth ? outHe thinned out the seedlings.
他拔掉一些幼苗使它们变得稀疏。
War and disease had thinned out the population.
战争和疾病使人口减少了。
The population of the city was thinned out by the black death.
这个城市的人口由于黑死病而减少了。
thin sth ? outThey thinned out a stand to create a lush forest tomorrow.
他们除去了林场中多余的树木,以利来日森林长得更茂盛。
六、词汇搭配
七、词源解说
thin的相关近义词
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