thinning
变薄,减薄,瘦身,瘦削
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Definitions
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thin·ner, thin·nest.
- : having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- : of small cross section in comparison with the length; slender: a thin wire.
- : having little flesh; spare; lean: a thin man.
- : composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., widely separated; sparse: thin vegetation.
- : scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- : of relatively slight consistency or viscosity: thin soup.
- : rarefied, as air.
- : without solidity or substance; flimsy: a very thin plot for such a long book.
- : lacking fullness or volume; weak and shrill: a thin voice.
- : without force or a sincere effort: a thin smile.
- : lacking body, richness, or strength: a thin wine.
- : lacking in chroma; of light tint.
- : Photography. lacking in density or contrast through underdevelopment or underexposure.
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- : in a thin manner.
- : sparsely; not densely.
- : so as to produce something thin: Slice the ham thin.
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thinned, thin·ning.
- : to make thin or thinner.
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thinned, thin·ning.
- : to become thin or thinner; become reduced or diminished: The crowd is thinning out.
Phrases
- thin as a rail
- thin edge of the wedge
- thing or two
- things are looking up
- thin on top
- into thin air
- on thin ice
- spread oneself too thin
- through thick and thin
- wear thin
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The fiber is soft enough to wear directly on the skin—and it’s thin, so it doesn’t feel bulky under a pair of skinny jeans.
Since the pandemic began, many of her calls to the facility have gone unanswered, she added, and when she does hear from a nurse, they often say that they’re being stretched thin because of staffing shortages.
With a perfectly round head and thinning hair slicked down, he even looked a little as if he’d been picked up at the secondhand henchman store.
Banana slices are layered on the bottom, followed by a few scoops of raib, a thin Moroccan yogurt.
Wisconsin is battling its worst outbreak of the pandemic, and every hospital is stretched thin on staff, he said.
Over his thinning dark hair and fleshy cheeks, he pulls a brown ski mask.
The fear is that thinning the blood further might promote more bleeding rather than decrease the risk of clot enlargement.
His hair is a thinning silver brillo pad, and his belly juts forward from beneath his suit jacket.
Behind-the-scenes strong-arming is the traditional means of thinning the herd.
In the letter, Boxer cited the leak, as well as the unexpected wear and thinning of the steam-generator tubes.
But in the great thoroughfare the tide of vehicles and foot passengers was perceptibly thinning.
At last—the saints above knew after how long—he saw the pines thinning, then the rocks shone black and bare in the sun.
When the last of them had passed I observed with great alarm a thinning out of the darkness along the eastern skyline.
This is done by a moderate thinning of the main shoots early in the year, resulting in the forcing of those which are left.
Gradually the rooms were thinning, and at last Lady Thurwell, impatient of her niece's long absence, came to fetch her.