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thinning

/thin/US // θɪn //UK // (θɪn) //

变薄,减薄,瘦身,瘦削

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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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.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a thin manner.
    • : sparsely; not densely.
    • : so as to produce something thin: Slice the ham thin.
v.有主动词 verb
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    thinned, thin·ning.

    • : to make thin or thinner.
v.无主动词 verb
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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.