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单词 thin
释义 thin
I. \ˈthin\ adjective
(thinner ; thinnest)
Etymology: Middle English thinne, from Old English thynne; akin to Old High German dunni thin, Old Norse thunnr, Latin tenuis thin, Greek tany- long, stretched out, Sanskrit tanu thin, Old English thennan to stretch out, Old High German dennen to stretch, Old Norse thenja, Gothic ufthanjan, Latin tendere to stretch, tenēre to hold, Greek teinein to stretch, Sanskrit tanoti he stretches
1.
 a. : having little extent from one surface to its opposite
  < thin paper >
  < thin layer of paint >
  < thin slice of meat >
  < thin coin >
 b. : measuring little in cross section or diameter
  < thin rope >
  < thin rod >
2. : not dense in arrangement or distribution : not compactly set or disposed
 < thin stand of trees >
 < a thin rain was falling >
 < his hair was thin and lank >
3. : not well fleshed : not filled out : not plump or fat : spare, lean, skinny
 < thin lips >
 < long thin figure >
4.
 a. : more fluid or rarefied than usual, normal, or average
  < thin syrup >
  < thin batter >
  < thin air of the high mountains >
 b. : having less than the usual number of persons
  < thin congregation >
  < thin attendance at a meeting >
 c. : few in number : not abundant : scarce
 d. : scantily occupied, supplied, or provided
  < thin assortment of goods on the counter >
  < thin ranks of volunteers >
 e. of a market : characterized by a paucity of bids or offerings so that transactions tend to be few and difficult to effect
5.
 a. : a wanting substance, strength, or richness from lack of a usual constituent : weak, unsatisfying
  < thin broth >
  < thin wine >
  < thin diet >
 b. of soil : poor, infertile
6.
 a. : lacking in solidity, substance, or force : unsubstantial, inadequate
  < novel with a thin plot >
 b. : unbelievable, unconvincing
  < thin excuse >
 c. : not up to expectations : disappointingly poor or hard
  < have a thin time of it >
7.
 a. of a voice : wanting in fullness and resonance : somewhat feeble and shrill
  < nearly soundless laughter thin as a bat's cry — Elinor Wylie >
 b. of harmony : lacking richness of texture
 c. of reproduced sound
  (1) : having prominent treble and weak bass tones
  (2) : having a narrow range of overtones
 d. of a speech sound : front 2
8.
 a. of light : wanting in radiance
  < thin winter sunshine >
 b. of a color : lacking in intensity or brilliance : dull
9.
 a. : easily seen through or penetrated : transparent, flimsy
  < thin pretext >
  < thin disguise >
 b. : ready to snap or give way
  < his patience was wearing thin >
10. of a photographic negative or print : lacking sufficient density or contrast
 < overexposure produces thin images — E.F.Brewer >
Synonyms:
 thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous, and rare can mean, in common, not broad, thick, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between two surfaces
  < a thin board >
  < a thin layer of frosting >
  or a comparatively small diameter of a cylindrical or roughly cylindrical object in proportion to its length
  < a thin pole >
  < a thin wire >
  and it implies also a comparative lack of flesh or substance giving a thing fullness, richness, or density
  < a thin face >
  < a thin soup >
  < thin hair >
  < a play that is pretty thin in plot >
  slender chiefly implies leanness or spareness without suggesting gauntness or lankiness, usually connoting gracefulness and good proportions
  < slender hands >
  < a slender figure >
  and is similar to thin though implying, not strongly, a meagerness or scantiness
  < slender success in an enterprise >
  < slender advice >
  < a slender chance of success >
  slim is much like slender when applied to persons or animals, though suggesting more fragility, gauntness, or lack of flesh than grace or good proportion
  < very slim children >
  and it is like slender in extended meaning, though stressing meagerness and scantiness more strongly
  < a slim chance of recovery >
  < a slim pay envelope >
  slight stresses smallness rather than thinness, seldom suggesting height or length as do slender and, sometimes, slim
  < a slight woman of very small frame >
  and in application to things, it is often derogatory, applying to what is inappreciable or inadequate
  < a slight difference in age between two men >
  < a very slight imaginative quality in a book >
  < a slight compensation for great effort >
  tenuous implies extreme thinness
  < a tenuous thread >
  < the tenuous filament of a spider's web >
  or sheerness
  < a tenuous and almost fully transparent fabric >
  and its most common extended use implies an extreme lack of density, solidity, or substance
  < tenuous mists along the road >
  < a mind given to tenuous ideas >
  < a tenuous grasp of a difficult subject >
  rare is applied chiefly to air or gases and implies tenuousness or lack of density
  < the extremely rare atmosphere of the stratosphere >

- into thin air
- on thin ice
- out of thin air
II. adverb
(thinner ; thinnest)
Etymology: Middle English thinne, from thinne, adjective, thin
: thinly — used especially in combinations
 < thin-clad >
 < thin-flowing >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English thinne, from thinne, adjective, thin
: a thin part : something thin or thinner
 < sandpipers running in the thin of the tide — F.M.Ford >
 < letters embodying sharply contrasted thicks and thins — Stanley Morison >
IV. verb
(thinned ; thinned ; thinning ; thins)
Etymology: Middle English thinnen, from Old English thynnian; akin to Old Norse thynna to thin; causative from the root of English thin (I)
transitive verb
: to make thin or thinner:
 a. : to reduce in thickness or depth : attenuate
 b. : to make less dense or viscous : make more fluid : rarefy
  < thin glue with alcohol >
 c. : to make less strong or less rich : make weak : cause to lose vigor, force, or effectiveness : dilute
  < thin wine with water >
  < the ballad, with its old religious, military, or tragic contents, was thinned out into the sentimental popular song — Lewis Mumford >
 d. : to make lean or slender : cause to lose flesh
  < thinned by weeks of privation >
 e. : to make less crowded or less populated — used often with out
 f. : to remove surplus plants or trees from (a bed, nursery, woodland) so as to improve the growth of the rest; also : to take out (as superfluous buds or shoots) : prune
 g. : to reduce the bulk of (hair) by spaced cutting with specially notched shears
intransitive verb
1. : to grow or become thin or thinner : become less thick, dense, or crowded
 < his hair is thinning >
— used often with down or out or off
 < the limestone layer thinned out and soon came to an end >
 < toward the city limits the houses began to thin out >
 < the stream had thinned down to a mere trickle >
2. : to become weak, ineffective, or less urgent
 < this desire thins out — M.L.Anshen >
Synonyms:
 attenuate, extenuate, dilute, rarefy: thin is a general term indicating reduction in thickness, density, weight, intensity, strength, or concentration
  < thinning paint >
  < thinning the trees in a woodlot >
  < the crowd thinned a little >
  < the thinning ranks of true cowboys — American Guide Series: Texas >
  < the lines of magnetic and electric force thinned out geometrically with the square of the distance from their origin — S.F.Mason >
  attenuate may indicate thinning by mechanical or chemical means or thinning accompanied by enervation, enfeeblement, or other weakening
  < attenuate wire by drawing it out >
  < the powerful frame attenuated by spare living — Charles Dickens >
  < the apparent brightness of the stars as we see them, with their light attenuated by distance and the cosmic haze — G.W.Gray b. 1886 >
  < illusions which science can attenuate or destroy — J.W.Krutch >
  extenuate may sometimes mean to emaciate; it usually suggests a diminution of significance and effect
  < the whole tendency of modern thought and modern opinion and modern manners is to extenuate the responsibility of human nature — Compton Mackenzie >
  dilute indicates a weakening of concentration by addition of a weakening, neutralizing, or counteracting agency
  < dilute the paint with turpentine >
  < acid diluted with water >
  < explosives in nuclear weapons, when diluted, provide the fuel required for most peaceful atom products — New Republic >
  < the strength of passionate emotion is diluted to the languor of interminable sentimentality — R.A.Hall b. 1911 >
  < the pioneer spirit has been diluted by new race mixtures, it confidence shaken by new social trends — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  rarefy indicates a thinning in density, sometimes, with reference to matters intellectual or emotional, by refining and eliminating all dross or by imparting a tenuous or even nebulous quality
  < rarefied mountain air >
  < these claims are argued in the rarefied atmosphere of academic discussion — M.S.Handler >
  < a civilization so rarefied that it is almost decadent — Santha Rama Rau >
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