新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

thin

英 [θɪn]

[ADJ, VERB]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

thinner , thinnest
1. 细的
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.
双语例句
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. （人或动物）瘦的
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body.
双语例句
例：
He was a tall, thin man with grey hair that fell in a wild tangle to his shoulders.
他又高又瘦，灰白的头发乱蓬蓬地散落在肩上。
3. （纸或布等）薄的
Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
双语例句
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. （液体）稀的
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.
双语例句
例：
The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich.
那汤既稀又清，但味道却出奇地足。
5. 人数稀少的
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.
双语例句
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。
6. （衣服）薄的
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
双语例句
例：
Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的礼服很薄，她浑身发抖，多半是冻的。
7. （论点、解释或证据）难以令人信服的
If you describe an argument, an explanation, or evidence as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
近义词
weak
双语例句
例：
The police were certain they had the right man, but the evidence was thin.
警方确信他们找对了人，但是证据却难以令人信服。
8. （头发）稀疏的
If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.
双语例句
例：
She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
她的头发稀疏、发黄，在脑后梳成了一个圆髻。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

thin out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 使稀疏（同）thin）
Thin out means the same as thin.
双语例句
例：
NATO will continue to thin out its forces.
北约将继续裁军。

PHRASE. 习语

wearing thin
1. （耐心等）消磨掉
If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
双语例句
例：
War has achieved little, and public patience is wearing thin.
战争收获甚微，公众的耐心逐渐被消磨掉了。

VERB. 动词

thins , thinning , thinned
1. [I 不及物动词] 使变稀疏 , 变稀疏
When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
双语例句
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。