单词	thinness
释义	thinthin1 /θɪn/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective (comparative thinner, superlative thinnest) Etymology ETYMOLOGYthin1 Origin: Old English thynne Thesaurus THESAURUSnot fat► thin having little fat on your body:  He’s tall and thin and wears glasses. I wish my legs were thinner. ► slim thin in a way that looks good:  Jen stays slim by eating healthily and getting exercise. ► slender thin in a way that looks good or seems graceful. Used especially about women:  The bracelet sparkled on her slender wrist. ► lean thin in a healthy way without much fat:  He had a runner’s body – lean with long legs. ► slight thin and delicate with a small body structure:  Leona is so slight, a strong wind might blow her away! ► skinny thin in a way that is not attractive:  Have some more pasta – you’re too skinny. ► underweight thin in a way that is not healthy. Used especially by doctors:  The baby hadn’t been keeping food down and was underweight. ► gaunt thin, pale, and unhealthy:  What’s wrong with Mike? He’s so gaunt. ► emaciated formal extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eating:  Emaciated refugees filled the camp. ► anorexic extremely thin because of a mental illness that makes someone believe he or she is always too fat and should not eat:  Brigette is so thin – do you think she’s anorexic? ► skeletal so thin that the shape of the bones shows under someone’s skin:  She did not even recognize the skeletal man in the hospital bed. 1NOT THICK measuring a small distance or a smaller distance than usual between two opposite sides or surfaces OPP thick:  The cross hung from a thin gold chain. A thin layer of dust covered the furniture. My curtains are too thin to keep the sun out. She had a narrow face and thin lips. → see also paper-thin, see Word Choice at narrow12NOT FAT having little fat on your body OPP fat:  He’s tall and thin and wears glasses. I wish my legs were thinner.THESAURUSslim – thin in a way that looks good:  Jen stays slim by eating healthily and getting exercise.slender – thin in a way that looks good or seems graceful. Used especially about women:  The bracelet sparkled on her slender wrist.lean – thin in a healthy way without much fat:  He had a runner’s body – lean with long legs.slight – thin and delicate with a small body structure:  Leona is so slight, a strong wind might blow her away!skinny – thin in a way that is not attractive:  Have some more pasta – you’re too skinny.underweight – thin in a way that is not healthy. Used especially by doctors:  The baby hadn’t been keeping food down and was underweight.gaunt – thin, pale, and unhealthy:  What’s wrong with Mike? He’s so gaunt.emaciated formal – extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eating:  Emaciated refugees filled the camp.anorexic – extremely thin because of a mental illness that makes someone believe he or she is always too fat and should not eat:  Brigette is so thin – do you think she’s anorexic?skeletal – so thin that the shape of the bones shows under someone’s skin:  She did not even recognize the skeletal man in the hospital bed.3SMOKE/MIST/FOG smoke, mist, or fog that is thin is easy to see through OPP thick:  The sun quickly burned away the thin fog.4HAIR/FUR ETC. not covering the skin very well because there are spaces between the hairs OPP thick:  He has gray hair and a thin straggly beard. His hair’s getting thin on top.5TREES/BUSHES ETC. not growing very close together, or having only a few leaves, so there is a lot of space in between OPP thick:  The island has only thin vegetation.6LIQUID a thin liquid flows very easily because it has a lot of water in it OPP thick:  Some nights all they had to eat was a thin broth.7AIR air that is thin is more difficult to breathe than usual because it has less oxygen in it:  The air is so thin up here I can hardly breathe.8VOICE/SOUND a thin voice or sound is high and weak, and is not nice to listen to:  “Who is it?” she asked in a thin frightened voice.9SMILE a thin smile does not seem very happy or sincere10EXCUSE/ARGUMENT/EXPLANATION a thin excuse, argument, or explanation is not good or detailed enough to persuade you that it is true11INFORMATION/DESCRIPTION a piece of information or a description that is thin is not detailed enough to be useful or effective: thin on The report is very thin on material to back up his claims.12CONTAINING FEW PEOPLE/THINGS containing only a few people or things:  By 6:00 only a thin crowd was left.13disappear/vanish into thin air to disappear or vanish completely in a mysterious way14be (skating/walking) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble15BUSINESS thin trading is a situation in which people are not buying or selling very much at a stock exchange OPP heavy[Origin: Old English thynne]—thinness noun [uncountable] → see also have thick/thin skin at skin1 (6), thinly
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