| 单词 | to thin off, down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto thin off, down a. transitive. To make thin; to reduce in thickness or depth; to spread or draw out in a thin layer or thread. to thin off, down: to diminish gradually to vanishing point. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > make thin(ner) [verb (transitive)] thinc900 extenuate1599 attenuate1794 the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > taper [verb (transitive)] taper1675 to thin off, down1793 snape1794 to tail off (out)1827 c900 Bede Glosses 80 in Old Eng. Texts 182 Obtenuerað (t), ðynnade. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxxiii. 236 And ne oncneow hi na for-þam heo wæs swiðe geþynnod. 1482 Monk of Evesham 41 For the stature and forme of some of them was as hyt had be lessyd or thynnyde by tormentys. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 34 To smooth and thinne the skinne. 1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 117 The battered Silver (which being so little Ductile did not at all thin, and distend it self). 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 196 He..takes away the Lining from the outside of his Clothing, in order to wear the thickest in the coldest Weather; and so thin his Dress by degrees. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 204 The two ends are to be thinned off in form of a wedge. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. iv. 66 She..had thinned her lips for utterance of a desperate thing. < as lemmas |
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