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adj.薄的⁸⁵;瘦的¹⁴;稀的¹原型thin的过去式和过去分词形容词thinnish副词thinly比较级thinner最高级thinnest名词thinness过去分词thinned现在分词thinning三单thins
adj.形容词
薄的,细的having a small or smaller than average distance between opposite surface; not stick 稀的,稀疏的,稀少的of a liquid watery, flowing easily, not closely packed, made of few objects widely separated, easy to see through, not dense 瘦的having little fat on the body, not fat 弱的,缺乏力量的,浅薄的lacking in strength and fullness, not having the necessary qualities to gain the intended result; unsatisfactory
v.动词
vt. & vi. 使变稀薄,使变稀少,使变细cause to become thin or thinner
Adjective:
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 lacking excess flesh;you can't be too rich or too thin Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look very narrow;a thin line across the page not dense;a thin beard trees were sparse 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 of sound lacking resonance or volume;a thin feeble cry lacking spirit or sincere effort;a thin smile lacking substance or significance;slight evidence a tenuous argument a thin plot
Adverb:
without viscosity;the blood was flowing thin
Verb:
lose thickness; become thin or thinnermake thin or thinner;Thin the solution lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;cut bourbon take off weight
adj.形容词
thin, lanky, slim, underweight这组词都可形容人“瘦”。其区别是： thin以中性的方式来描写人的外貌,常同营养、疾病有较多牵连,不含褒贬义; slim描写人的外貌时有瘦得很美的含义,带有褒义; lanky用来描述人又高又瘦,含有幽默的意味; underweight指描述人因吃得不好或生病而过“瘦”。例如: She was tall and thin, with fairish hair.她高高瘦瘦的,留着长发。
She used to be pretty and slim.她过去非常漂亮苗条。
Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿。
Many people who are underweight are happy with their size.许多人很喜欢自己那种过于瘦的身材。thin, gaunt, lean, slender这组词都可形容人“瘦”。其区别是： thin指因病、过分劳累或缺乏营养等而缺少正常的肌肉; gaunt指因饥饿或操劳过度而呈现的枯瘦或憔悴的面庞; lean强调缺乏脂肪,指自然的瘦,其肌肉却很结实; slender可指人或动物,作“细长的,苗条的”解,有时含有“纤弱”的意思。例如: He has the gaunt face of a starving man.他是一副憔悴的面容的饿汉相。
The forest ranger is lean.那位森林警察很结实。
She admired Alice's slender build.她羡慕艾丽斯那苗条的身材。thin, emaciated, haggard, lean, spare这组词都可表示“瘦”。其区别是： spare指人的身材给人以美感的瘦; thin既可指人的身材,也可指人的身体某部位瘦,大多数指因疾病或疲劳而消瘦; emaciated表示的“瘦”主要是由疾病和营养不良造成的; haggard指人的面孔憔悴的,枯槁的,主要是由于忧虑和少眠所致; lean指人天生瘦,是缺少脂肪的意思。例如: She was a tall, spare girl.她是个瘦高个儿的姑娘。
His face was thin.他的脸瘦。
He was emaciated by long illness.他由于长期生病而瘦弱了。
The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed what they had suffered.被救出的矿工枯槁的面容表明他们遭受了什么样的苦难。
He had the lean fit look of a trained athlete.他具有一个受过训练的运动员的清瘦而健康的面容。lean，slender，slim，slight，thin这些形容词均有“瘦的”之意。 lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦，也可能因饥饿而消瘦；也指身体消瘦，但肌肉结实，身体健康。 slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中，多用于指女性。 slim指身体的细长，体重轻不着重外形的优美，可用于不同的性别，常用于减轻体重的人。 slight指身材又瘦又小。 thin普通用词，指腰细、骨架窄，常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。 直接源自古英语的ynne；最初源自原始日耳曼语的thunnuz，意为狭小的，少的。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词thin time没有钱也没有欢乐的日子～+介词thin in the face脸瘦用作动词 v.～+副词thin alarmingly使人惊恐地稀薄thin astonishingly惊人地稀薄thin dangerously稀薄得危险thin dreadfully可怕地稀少thin extremely极端地稀少thin terribly可怕地稀少thin away散去thin down使变稀〔少,细〕,变得稀薄了,渐渐散了thin down paint调稀油漆thin out使稀少,使变弱,使变细,越来越弱了,渐渐稀少起来thin out the seedlings间苗,拔除过多的苗
用作形容词adj.grow thin变小〔少〕 become small or less have a thin time日子过得不愉快〔舒服〕 have an unpleasant, uncomfortable or especially unsuccessful time stretch thin快到极限了 will come to the limit stretch sb/sth thinThat 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。thin end of the wedge开头无关紧要但后果严重的事 sth which seems unimportant but will open the way for more serious things of a similar kind thin on the ground稀少的,寥寥无几 not plentiful wear thin守不住,要垮了 begin to fail 用作动词v.
thin down v.+adv.
使变细,使变薄,使变稀疏 (cause to become less thick, dense, or crowded) thin downThis 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。
thin out v.+adv.
除去 remove surplus plants or trees thin outThe 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。近义词 slimweaknarrowadj. faint反义词 plumpstrongadj. fat
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.It's dangerous to walk on thin ice on a lake.在湖里的薄冰上行走是很危险的。
She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.夏天她应该穿薄一点的衬衣。
A thin veil of mist trailed below.下边飘起一层薄雾。
You ought to know better than to go out in this cold weather in those thin summer shoes; no wonder your feet got cold!你应当明白,这么冷的天不应穿夏天的鞋出去,难怪你的脚冻坏了!
I have thin hair.我头发很稀。
A thin rain began to fall.开始稀稀落落下起雨来。
Thick liquid pours much more slowly than thin liquid.稠的液体倒出来比稀的慢。
There were two girls there, a fat one and a thin one.那儿有两个姑娘,一个胖的,一个瘦的。
That was a thin excuse.这是很容易被识破的托词。
用作表语
S+be+～This gravy is too thin.肉汁太清了。
The air on the tops of high mountains is thin.高山顶上的空气很稀薄。
He was thin after a bout of illness.一场病后,他又瘦又弱。
He is thinner than you.他比你瘦。
Our cat was missing for days but eventually it turned up, looking a bit thinner than before.我们的猫失踪了数天,但它终于回来了,看上去比以前瘦些。
His excuse for being late was very thin.他迟到的借口是无法使人相信的。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseThe ice on the pond is too thin for skating.池塘上的冰太薄,不能在上面溜冰。
The boy was thin for his age.就他的年龄而言,这男孩算瘦的。
She is thin in the face.她的脸瘦。
The plot is rather thin for such a long story.对这样长的故事来说,这个情节显得太单薄了。用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AHis hair is thinning.他的头发逐渐稀少了。
Let's wait till the fog thins.让我们等到雾散开为止。
We should wait until the mist thins before driving on.我们应当等晨雾变得稀薄了以后再开车前进。
The crowd thinned after the parade was over .游行结束后,人群开始散去。
The smoke clouds were thinning away.烟云正在散去。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.Hunger has thinned her cheeks.饥饿已使她两颊消瘦。
He thinned the branches of that tree.他剪去那棵树上的一些枝叶,使其稀疏些。
He thinned the stick with a knife.他用小刀把那根棍子削细。
He thinned the wine by adding water.他往酒里兑水把它稀释。
War and disease had thinned the population.战争和疾病已使人口减少。
adj.形容词
thin作形容词的基本意思是“薄的,细的”,引申可表示“稀的,稀疏的,稀少的”,指物体两个表面之间较“薄”或圆柱形物与高度相比较小的直径,即“细”; 用于人时则指缺少或低于正常程度的脂肪而显得不丰满,不结实,常用于病后或疲劳而致的消瘦。 thin还可表示“弱的,缺乏力量的,浅薄的”,指言语或作品等缺乏说服力的或内容不充实的。 thin前还常加副词表示程度或说话人的态度。
v.动词
thin用作形容词时意思是“薄的”“稀少的”“细的”,转化为动词时,意思是“变得稀薄〔稀少〕”“使…变细”,指减少厚度或浓度,也可用于力度、深度、强度。 thin可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
形容词96%,名词4%
用作形容词The ice on the pond is toothinfor skating.池塘上的冰面太薄了，不能滑冰。
His face isthinand very tanned.他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。
This string is toothin, 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 likethinsoup.把汤熬浓,我不喜欢稀汤。as in.adulterated
同义词 attenuated,blended,contaminated,corrupt,defiled,degraded,depreciated,deteriorated,devalued,diluted,dissolved,impaired,mixed,polluted,tainted,vitiated,weakenedwatered down
反义词 clean,honorable,pure,purified,strongmoral,virtuousas in.watered
同义词 adulterated,cut,lessened,mixed,weakened
反义词 dry,thirsty
adulteratedadjective debased or dirty
attenuated,blended,contaminated,corrupt,defiled,degraded,depreciated,deteriorated,devalued,diluted,dissolved,impaired,mixed,polluted,tainted,vitiated,watered down,weakened
wateredadjective diluted
adulterated,cut,lessened,mixed,thinned,weakened The oxygen of capital has now thinned dramatically for the newcomers.
所以那些有限的资本就被新进入者大大“稀释”了。 ecocn
The northern and southern ice fields on the summit of Kilimanjaro had thinned by6.2 feet and16.7 feet respectively, said the scientists.
科学家称，乞力马扎罗山峰峰顶的北部及南部冰原各自变薄了6.2英尺和16.7英尺。 yeeyan
Your mane may have thinned, especially at the crown, without you knowing it.
在你不知道的情况下你的头发可能变得稀疏，特别是在脑门。 yeeyan
A new study has revealed that the Arctic Ocean's permanent blanket of ice around the North Pole has thinned by more than 40% since2004.
一项新的研究揭示出，北冰洋中北极附近的永久性冰盖自2004年以来已经变薄了40%以上。 yeeyan
Art supplies, makeup, jewelry, other things that can be confined to a single container will not be counted individually, but will all be thinned meticulously.
例如美术用品、化妆品、首饰，和其他可以用单个箱子就装下的东西，都不单独计算，但是全部都会谨慎地精简。 yeeyan
Before the crisis, banks under their watch progressively thinned out the cushions of capital they were resting on while regulators slumbered on, oblivious to the huge lumpy risks beneath.
在经济危机前，银行监管人似乎在睡大觉，听任其监管下的银行逐渐减少基础缓冲资本，完全疏忽了这种做法蕴藏着的巨大风险。 ecocn
Conflicts of interest for large banks are also more common now that their ranks have thinned.
大银行数量的逐渐减少也促使银行之间的利益冲突更为普遍化。 ecocn
Data from submarines suggest that Arctic sea ice has thinned by40 percent in the past30 years.
从潜艇所获得的数据表明，北极海的冰层在过去30年里变薄了40%。 yeeyan
Earlier this month, US scientists reported that annually forming sea in the Arctic region covered roughly the same area as in previous years, but had significantly thinned.
本月初，美国科学家报告，北极地区年度新生海域面积大致上与前几年相同，但明显变稀薄了些。 yeeyan
Fed up with the delays in getting his blood sufficiently thinned, he left the hospital against medical advice.
受够了漫长的将其血液稀释的治疗过程，他不听医生的劝告，离开了医院。 yeeyan
Gradually, the crowd thinned and, after four hours, the meeting broke up, with Mr. Lewis’s fate still unknown.
渐渐地，人群变的稀薄了，经过4个小时，会议结束了，而刘易斯的命运仍是未知数。 yeeyan
Here, the jungle has been thinned, the paths cleared.
这时，丛林变得稀薄了，道路也清晰起来。 yeeyan
His features also began to be altered by plastic surgery. His nose slimmed down, a cleft appeared in his chin, his eyelids reputedly were lifted and his lips thinned.
他的容貌特征似乎也受到了整容手术的影响，鼻子变小，下巴出现一道缝，人们普遍觉得他的眼睑被上拉，而嘴唇变薄了。 yeeyan
In Greenland, glaciers in the south-east were found to be flowing at speeds of more than100m per year, during which they thinned by84cm.
在格陵兰岛的东南部，一些冰川的漂移速度超过100米每年，变薄的速度也达到每年84厘米。 yeeyan
Many of the creatures that eat salmon and trout, such as bears and some birds, have had their ranks thinned by human activity.
自然界很多动物捕食大马哈鱼和鳟鱼，例如熊类和个别鸟类。 而这些动物由于人类的活动逐渐变得稀少。 yeeyan
Maybe the African forests thinned out.
也许非洲森林变得稀薄。 yeeyan
Occasionally, he slept in five-star hotels, but other nights, when his prize winnings thinned, he crashed in grimy train stations.
偶尔，他会入住五星级饭店，但另一个晚上，如果奖金减少时，就住在肮脏的火车旅馆。 yeeyan
Some areas have been thinned out and planted with cacao trees— the source of chocolate. The pods contain the magical beans that Aztecs counted like gold.
一些稀薄的地方种上了可可树--巧克力的来源--阿兹特克人视为像黄金一样贵重的魔豆。 yeeyan
Specifically, many of the creatures that eat salmon and trout, such as bears and some birds, have had their ranks thinned by human activity.
说得明确点也就是，如熊和一些鸟类等以鲑鱼和鳟鱼为食物的动物，由于人类的活动而减少了。5021mart
The morning mist gradually thinned.
朝雾渐渐地淡薄了。《新英汉大辞典》
The trees had been thinned to increase aspen tree regeneration.
树林已经变得稀薄，增加了白杨树的再生。 yeeyan
The Black Hawk skittered around uncontrollably in the heat- thinned air, forcing the pilot to land.
第一架黑鹰直升机在院子上方试图悬停时，在炙热稀薄的空气中失去控制，飞行员只能被迫降落。 yeeyan
The measures have helped raise food prices, thinned profits and increased the cost of bribing border guards.
该措施使市场抬高了食品价格，消减了交易利润，并且增加了贿赂边防警卫的成本。 yeeyan
Toward the desert's eastern end, the dust thinned.
而靠近沙漠东部尽头的地方，尘土相对较薄。 yeeyan |