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单词 tinny
释义 tin·ny
\ˈtinē, -ni\ adjective
(-er/-est)
1. : of, abounding in, or yielding tin
 < working a tinny lode >
2. : resembling or suggestive of tin:
 a. : having the appearance of tin : light, fragile, shiny
  < the cheap tinny doorknob — Maritta Wolff >
  < wears a tinny dollar watch >
  < drives a small tinny car >
 b. : lacking resonance or depth of tone : thin, metallic, harsh
  < could hear a tinny voice asking querulously — Hartley Howard >
  < the tinny alarm clock — Woody Klein >
  < the ceaseless tinny tumult of the jukebox — John McNulty >
  < the noble trumpet in F had to be given up in favor of a tinny little instrument in a higher key — Ralph Vaughan Williams >
  < a tinny paraphrase of the best-known … peroration — D.S.Berkely >
 c. : tasting or smelling of tin
3. : lacking matter, substance, or profundity of utterance : empty, wordy, insignificant
 < the slick, well constructed, but tinny novels written by the literary engineers of today — Hiram Haydn >
 < power to drown out the tinny words of tiny men — Reporter >
 < the voice began to ring a tinny untruth — William Sansom >
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