thin是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 having a small distance between two opposite sides -- 薄的；細的

  • a thin book 薄薄的書

  • thin black lines 細黑線

  • a thin jacket (= made from thin material) 薄夾克

• 1 (of the body) with little flesh on the bones -- （身體）瘦的，不肥的

  • Did you notice how thin her wrists were? 你注意到她的手腕有多細嗎？

  • Thin, hungry dogs roamed the streets. 瘦瘦的餓狗們在街上遛來遛去。

  • He eats like a horse and yet he's as thin as a rake. 他像馬一樣吃得多，卻骨瘦如柴。

• 2 not difficult to see through -- 稀薄的

  • thin mist/cloud 薄霧／雲

• 3 having only a small number of people or a small amount of something -- 數量少的

  • Attendance at the meeting was rather thin. 到會者寥寥可數。

• 4 (of a liquid) flowing easily -- （液體）稀的，不黏稠的

  • a thin soup 稀湯

• 5 weak or of poor quality -- 弱的；拙劣的；空泛的

  • a thin excuse 牽強的藉口

  • a thin disguise ���易識破的偽裝

  • a thin smile 淡淡一笑

• 6 to make a substance less thick, often by adding a liquid to it -- 使變稀，稀釋

  • Thin the sauce down with a little stock. 加少量湯汁把調料弄稀一點。

• 7 When a crowd or a group thins (out), it becomes fewer in number, and when you thin (out) a group of plants or other things, you remove some to make them fewer. -- （使）變少

  • The traffic will thin out after the rush hour. 交通高峰期過後車流量將減少。