thin
美 [θɪn] 
英 [θɪn]
- adj.薄的；细的；瘦的；稀少的
- v.使变淡；变稀疏；变稀少；（使）变稀薄
- adv.薄薄地
- n.细小部分
- 网络稀薄的；薄款皮衣
词形变化
比较级：thinner 最高级：thinnest 第三人称单数：thins 现在分词：thinning 过去式：thinned 反义词
英汉双解
薄；细not thick
1. | 薄的；细的having a smaller distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal |
| Cut the vegetables into thin strips. 把菜切成细条。 |
| A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall. 墙上出现了许多细裂缝。 |
| The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil. 尸体被埋在薄薄的一层土下面。 |
| a thin blouse(= of light cloth) 薄薄的女衬衫 |
瘦not fat
2. | 瘦的not covered with much flesh |
| He was tall and thin, with dark hair. 他又高又瘦，满头黑发。 |
| She was looking pale and thin. 她面黄肌瘦。 |
| He is as thin as a rake(= very thin) . 他骨瘦如柴。 |
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毛发hair
3. | 稀少的；稀疏的not growing closely together or in large amounts |
液体liquid
4. | 稀薄的；淡的containing more liquid than is normal or expected |
| The sauce was thin and tasteless. 这酱汁淡而无味。 |
烟smoke
5. | 能见度较高的；稀薄的fairly easy to see through |
| They fought their way through where the smoke was thinner. 他们挣扎着从烟雾稀薄的地方逃了出去。 |
空气air
6. | 稀薄的；含氧少的containing less oxygen than normal |
声音sound
7. | 微弱的；尖细的；有气无力的high and weak |
| Her thin voice trailed off into silence. 她的声音越来越弱直至毫无声息。 |
微笑smile
8. | 不真心实意的；冷淡的not sincere or enthusiastic |
| He gave a thin smile. 他淡然一笑。 |
光light
| the thin grey light of dawn 浅灰色的晨曦 |
劣质poor quality
10. | 质量差的；空乏的；拙劣的of poor quality; lacking an important quality |
| a thin excuse(= one that people are not likely to believe) 站不住脚的借口 |
| Their arguments all sound a little thin to me. 他们的论据我听起来都觉得有点儿缺乏说服力。 |
1. | 薄薄地in a way that produces a thin piece or layer of sth |
| Don't spread it too thin. 不要涂得太薄。 |
| I like my bread sliced thin. 我喜欢吃切成薄片的面包。 |
液体liquid
1. | [t] ~ sth (down) (with sth) （掺水等）使稀薄，使变淡to make a liquid less thick or strong by adding water or another substance |
| Thin the paint with water. 用水把颜料调稀。 |
毛发of hair
2. | [i] 变稀疏；变稀少to become less thick |
| a middle-aged man with thinning hair 头发逐渐稀少的中年男子 |
变稀少become less thick
3. | [i][t] （使）变稀薄，变稀疏，变少to become less thick or fewer in number; to make sth less thick or fewer, for example by removing some things or people |
| The clouds thinned and the moon shone through. 云层渐稀，透出了月光。 |
| The crowd had thinned out and only a few people were left. 人群渐渐散去，只剩下几个人。 |
| Thin out the seedlings to about 10cm apart. 把秧苗间成相隔 10 厘米。 |
习惯用语
be skating/walking on thin ice
履薄冰；冒风险to be taking a risk
disappear, vanish, etc. into thin air
消失得无影无踪；不翼而飞；悄然而逝to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way
have a thin time (of it)
遇到许多麻烦；过得不顺to have many problems or difficulties to deal with; to not be successful
out of thin air
凭空；无中生有地from nowhere or nothing, as if by magic
the thin end of the wedge
（不好的事物的）端倪，冰山一角an event or action that is the beginning of sth more serious and/or unpleasant
thin on top
头发稀疏；谢顶without much hair on the head
| He's starting to get a little thin on top(= he's losing his hair) . 他开始有点谢顶了。 |
a thin skin
脸皮薄；顾及脸面the lack of ability to accept criticism, insults, etc. without becoming upset
英汉解释
adj. | 3. 稀薄的,淡薄的(液体,气体等);浅薄的,空洞的,没有什么内容的,不充实的 |
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v. | 1. 使薄,使细,使稀薄,使淡,使稀疏;【农】间苗;使瘦 |
英英解释
例句
You can thin the top out a little, but just a little.
你可以把上面稍微打薄一点，就一点。
Horizontal well production was one of effective means for improving production output in thin sandstone reservoirs.
利用水平井开发薄砂岩油藏是提高产量和采收率的有效手段之一。
The killers threw him into a ditch and covered his body with a thin layer of soil in an attempt to hide the body.
杀人者将他扔进一条壕沟内，然后在他的身上埋上了一层薄土，试图掩藏他的尸体。
Psychologists will tell you that this is only possible when you "think thin. "
心理学家会告诉你，只有把自己想象成瘦的样子，你才有可能真的变瘦。
the thickness of the surface clay loam layer is thin, and the sandy layer is thick with larger penetration and a bottom aquitard layer.
以及在表层粘壤土土层薄，砂壤土层厚且透水性大的地方存在弱透水层而导致岗中洼。
a heavy snow was falling - a fine picking , whipping snow , borne forward by a swift wind in long , thin lines.
点钟时，空中已是一片夜色朦胧。大雪纷飞，寒冷刺骨的雪花被疾风吹成了长长的细线。
He was a man of forty, thin, with a pinched face, precise and rather pedantic.
他有四十岁，个子削瘦，长着一张干瘪的脸，为人一丝不苟，颇有点学究味。
See the thin, perhaps, and their children, sisters of similar age Xing-ice, the heart of passengers seems to have some mixed feelings.
看到那个瘦弱的、也许和他们的孩子、姐妹们年龄相仿的陈星冰，旅客们的内心似乎有些感触。
In the large bed was a boy, who looked tired and cross, with a thin, white, tearful face. He stared at Mary.
在一张大床上躺着一个男孩，看上去疲惫、烦躁。他的脸颊消瘦、苍白，挂满了泪痕。他瞪大眼睛看着玛丽。
After that, you can keep the flies away by covering the fish with a thin cloth. Do not let the cloth touch the fish.
之后，你可以在鱼上方覆盖一层薄布来防止苍蝇，注意布不要接触到鱼。
YANG Zhi intolerance autumn wind, thin trading statement is also easy to leave.
杨枝不耐秋风吹，薄交易结还易离。
to a thin cake batter to be dilute, to ensure liquidity in the pot, and do not spread the batter with a spatula.
要饼薄，面糊须调稀，保证能在锅内流动，这样就不必用锅铲将面糊摊开。
This is one of the simplest cases since the surface is so thin.
这是一个最简单的例子，因为这样表面薄。
I am cheerful personality, humor, with a pair of big eyes and tall nose is too thin by some.
自己性格开畅、诙谐，有着一双年夜眼睛和高挑地鼻子，就是有些太瘦啦。
When he opened it up, it looked like the pavilion. It was not made of wood, but made of the thin bamboo and silk, very light and beautiful.
他把那东西往上一撑开，像他造的亭子顶一样，有翘翘的角，不过不是用木头做的，而是用细竹子和绸子做成的，又轻巧，又漂亮。
An EEG relies on the fact that this electrical energy can be transmitted along a thin metal wire.
EEG依赖于电能能在金属电线中传输这一事实。
She got so thin that soon her voice was the only thing left of her.
变得骨瘦如柴，不久人们就只能听到她的声音而看不见她的人了。
She was thin, her arms muscular, not in a way a man's were but as though she had worked hard.
她身材苗条，可是胳膊上肌肉却很结实，虽不是像男人那样肌肉发达，但是看得出她很下力地干过活儿。
We have such a thin grasp of our own identity that if it becomes threatened we react in an extremely defensive fashion.
苏珊娜•弗利特伍德说，“我们对自己身份的把握如此脆弱，一旦受到威胁，我们就会以极端防御的方式做出反应。”
In fact, to say the least, our daily work as a social lubricant, to blow dry your community, you know that your role has worn thin.
其实退一步讲，我们每天的工作就像是社会的润滑剂，到社会把你炸干的时候，你就知道，你的作用已经到头了。
A thin sheet of copper is an example of a diathermic wall.
薄铜片就是一个“透热壁。”
In the absolute hush I could hear plainly its thin murmurs of life.
在万籁俱寂中，我可以清清楚楚地听出生命那细微的嗡嗡声。
The driver wore a cap and his face was thin and very tanned.
司机戴着帽子，脸孔瘦削，晒得黑黑的。
In these cases, this cover should be kept as thin as possible.
此时，该屏蔽层应尽可能地薄。
His thin, ascetic face mirrors an intensity of thought.
他那苦行僧似的瘦脸反映出他正在冥思苦索。
Before cooking, she pressed pastry flat and thin.
制做前她把馅饼皮压得薄又平。
New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil.
新英格兰树多，土地贫瘠，石头满地。
If we do chat, it is probable that our chat would be thin and eager.
如果我们要闲谈，恐怕只能三言两语，匆匆带过。
The gold is beaten out into thin strips.
金子被锤打成了薄薄的长条。
Thin, tangled fibers, about 3 to 5 nm in diameter, traverse the clear nuclear area.
直径约30-50埃的细小盘曲的纤维横贯透明的核区。
The Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank.
鹪鹩躲在漆黑的河岸边，发出吱吱的尖叫声。
This idealization would, however, disguise the fact that the thin web beneath the point load is in danger of buckling.
然而，这个理想化的结构不能指出在集中荷载下面薄腹板处于屈曲危险的现象。
His thin long nose ran out as if it was eager to bore into the nature of things in general.
他的细长的鼻子直往前钻，仿佛世界上的事情他都要钻个透似的。
He was a man of forty, thin, with a pinched face, precise and rather pedantic.
他有四十岁，个子削瘦，长着一张干瘪的脸，为人一丝不苟，颇有点学究味。
The first of these two was the tallest of all the children, a dark and thin girl.
其中第一个孩子是个子最高，肤深腰纤的女孩。
Within a minute our noisy socializing began to wear a little thin, but Winterborn had nerves of steel.
不到1分钟的时间，我们吵吵闹闹的社交活动开始静下来点，但温特博恩非常有胆量。
"Yes, " he said, as a faint sly grin bent the corners of his thin mouth.
“不错，”他一面说，一面嘴角浮起一丝刁钻的笑意。
The thin-lipped critic was brimming over with benevolence which had an unpleasant after-taste, as of milk turned.
这位薄嘴皮的批评家，满脸盈溢着象发酵的牛奶那样味道不对的一种和气。
As the cart passed by, splashing through the thin mud, she stood back against the bank.
马车走过，溅起一层薄薄的泥土，她往后靠着堤岸站住。
Optical interference takes place in a thin transparent wedge of refractive index m.
光的干涉发生在折射率为m的薄的透明的楔形物里。
The sun sank down, and in the sky floated a thin, ineffectual moon.
夕阳已经西斜，天空升起一轮淡淡的明月。
I could picture her as a child in years, in her cotton frock and thin bare legs, a sun-burnt little girl of eight.
我可以设想她当年还是个孩子时的模样：一个晒得黑黝黝的八岁小姑娘，身穿棉布连衣裙，裸着两条细腿。
The bird pecked through the thin board at the bottom of its cage.
那只鸟啄穿了笼子下的薄底板。
The city was thin, and I thought our trade felt a little.
城里既然人少了，我想我们这行生意也受到了一些影响。
She grew pale and thin even within a few days.
仅仅在几天之内，她就变得苍白而憔悴。
Fifteen-year-old Jo was very tall, thin, and brown, and reminded one of a colt.
15岁的裘，长得又高又瘦，皮肤棕色，使我联想到一个愣小子。
Walden gave a thin smile: he preferred not to be reminded.
沃尔登淡淡一笑，他不想叫人提起那回事。
Elizabeth liked to watch him move, his body was very thin, and beautiful, and nervous-high strung, thought Elizabeth, wisely.
伊丽莎白喜欢看着他走来走去，他身材细长，相貌动人，紧张不安--神经敏感，伊丽莎白明智地这样认为。
They should remove the field plate and oxide and deposit a thin aluminum film over this region.
他们应当去掉场极板和氧化层，并在整个区域淀积一层薄的铝薄膜。
The thin glass slides distort under pressure and the fringes move and change accordingly.
受压后薄玻璃片会变形，因此条纹也会跟着移动和改变。
It was a thin strip of paper form a fortune cookie. "You will be married within a year, " it said.
那是从一种幸运甜饼里拿出来的一张薄纸。上面写着：“你将在一年内结婚。”
But one country is not able to spread itself too thin trying to resolve all oppression issues in all other countries.
但一国不能传播本身太薄设法解决所有问题，其他一切压迫国家。
The door of number 13 opened suddenly and an arm came out. The arm was thin and covered in gray hairs. The fingernails were long and dirty.
号房间的门突然开了，从里面伸出一只干瘦的长满灰色毛发的胳膊，手上的指甲又长又脏。
Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, thin, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows.
安东妮亚的父亲是一个不高不矮的清瘦人物，黄黄的面孔，稀疏花白的唇髭，带着讥讽味儿的眉毛。
But if it is to cool and wear, is just the result of pressure to produce a visual effect, and not really thin.
但是如果是为了瘦腿而穿，仅仅是由于压力产生的视觉效果，并不会真的变瘦。
The young woman, tall and thin with braided hair coiled on her head, is doing well at school and wants to be a doctor.
加西亚年轻、高挑，扎着缠绕的小辫儿，拥有优异的学习成绩并梦想成为一名医生。
He was thin, and a little humppacked, hiding himself in a moth-eaten coat.
他很消瘦，背有点弓了，衣着很破旧。他蹲在地上，和我聊起来。
So on the front edge of the teeth there is always a thin cutting edge of hard enamel, a little longer than the rest of the tooth.
因而，在前牙的边缘总有一层薄薄的坚硬的珐琅质刃口，它比牙的其余部分要略微长些，起到咬啮的作用。
A few days ago I watched my daughter Madalyn open a thin envelope from one of the five colleges to which she had applied.
几天前，我看到我女儿玛德琳打开一个薄薄的信封，那是她申请的五所大学中的一所大学的来信。
Champion swimmers do not illustrate swimming in an exaggerated long, thin, on the side position in either crawl or backstroke.
游泳冠军们不会在爬泳和仰泳的一侧位置时使用夸张的长的，细的身体姿势。
She grabbed him then, curling her thin fingers around his. "I have nothing to say about this world, " she said slowly.
母亲攥住他的手指，“对这个世界我已经无话可说了，”她慢慢说道。
Aluminum hydroxide has been used in the form of thin-layer inside a dryer tunnel and has been applied in some drying processes.
氢氧化铝的洞道式薄层干燥在生产中有重要应用，但要消耗大量的能量。
'What's the matter? Can't I help you? 'he asked. He felt a deep sadness in this thin, weak creature.
“出了什么事？我不能帮你吗？”他问道。他感到这瘦弱可怜的人儿怀有一种深深的悲哀。
My patience with him was wearing thin when he kept bothering me with trivial matters.
当他老是拿着琐碎之事来烦我的时候，我对他就越来越没耐心了。
The imitation wool "wrinkle resistant tie, " shrunk by the water, was thin and twisted like an old man's pigtail in manchu times.
那根充羊毛的“不皱领带”，给水洗得缩了，瘦小蜷曲，像前清老人的辫子。
I saw her thin knitting, sleep hazy She'll be playing a yawn, she rubbed his eyes and continued to weave weave ah ah.
只见她细细的织着，睡眼朦胧的她一会儿便打一个哈欠，可她揉揉眼睛，又继续织呀织呀。
So thin is phenomenon that it is often ignored by our social in daily life.
这种现象非常少以至于在现实生活中经常被忽视。
You may be inclined to spread yourself a little thin because you are trying to handle six things at once.
因为你总是想一次处理很多事，所以你有些分身乏术。
" He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head as several voices in the crowd said thin#s like " Good fellow, lack.
他不安地眨着眼睛，当人群中响起几个人的喊声“好家伙，祝你好运。”
David Ignatius of the Washington Post points out that this administration is "as thin on business experience as a Hyde Park book club" .
华盛顿邮报的大卫？伊格内修斯指出，奥巴马政权“在商业上的经验单薄的宛如海德公园图书俱乐部”4。
The teacher warned the students off the thin ice.
老师警告学生们不要到薄冰上去。
