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adjectiveadverbverb Cut the vegetables into thin strips. 把菜切成细条。 A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall. 墙上出现了许多细裂缝。 The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil. 尸体被埋在薄薄的一层土下面。 a thin blouse (= of light cloth)薄薄的女衬衫 He was tall and thin, with dark hair. 他又高又瘦，满头黑发。 She was looking pale and thin. 她面黄肌瘦。 He is as thin as a rake (= very thin). 他骨瘦如柴。 thin legs细腿 thin grey hair稀疏的花白头发 The sauce was thin and tasteless. 这酱汁淡而无味。 They fought their way through where the smoke was thinner. 他们挣扎着从烟雾稀薄的地方逃了出去。 Humans would not be able to survive in the thin atmosphere of the planet. Her thin voice trailed off into silence. 她的声音越来越弱直至毫无声息。 He gave a thin smile. 他淡然一笑。 the thin grey light of dawn浅灰色的晨曦 a thin excuse (= one that people are not likely to believe)站不住脚的借口 Their arguments all sound a little thin to me. 他们的论据我听起来都觉得有点儿缺乏说服力。 The general standard of applicants is pretty thin this year. She can’t just have vanished into thin air. He’s had a thin time of it since losing his job. Unfortunately, I can’t just conjure up the money out of thin air! Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year. 一年里这个时节顾客很少。 Security officers were thick on the ground during the King’s visit. The introduction of a tax on workplace parking is seen by many as the thin end of the wedge. He's starting to get a little thin on top (= he's losing his hair). 他开始有点谢顶了。 You shouldn’t be in politics if you have such a thin skin. He's supported the team for over ten years through thick and thin. 十多年来，在任何情况下他都支持这个队。 In marriage, you have to stick together through thick and thin. He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude. 他想滑稽而不粗鲁，难以把握分寸。 These excuses are wearing a little thin (= because we've heard them so many times before). 这些托辞让人听得有点儿腻烦。 My patience is beginning to wear very thin.Steve is tall and thin and has brown hair.史蒂夫瘦高个儿，长着棕色的头发。 Mother looked thin and tired after her long illness.久病之后，母亲看上去很憔悴。 She has a beautifully slim figure.她的身材十分苗条。 a skinny little kid.瘦骨嶙峋的小孩 the old man’s bony hands.这老人骨瘦如柴的双手 a scrawny old woman.骨瘦如柴的老妇 Women who smoke risk giving birth to underweight babies.抽烟的妇女生出的婴儿可能会体重不足。 He’s getting a little thin on top= losing his hair. His knowledge of the country was somewhat thin. His management team was stretched thin. How do you manage to stay so thin? Jobs were still a bit thin on the ground= not many were available. My patience is running thin. She’s tall and quite thin. That joke is wearing a little thin. The evidence seems awfully thin. The fabric was wearing thin. The old horse was painfully thin. The paint looks a bit thin. The team is dangerously thin at wide receiver. You can spread yourself too thin, often leading to poor choices. a plate of wafer-thin bread and butter a sliver of rock thin enough to be translucent He is as thin as a rake. 他骨瘦如柴。 She pinched her thin lips together. The wind blew cold through his thin shirt. narrow/thin shoulders/strips/cracks Don't spread it too thin. 不要涂得太薄。 I like my bread sliced thin. 我喜欢吃切成薄片的面包。 Thin the paint with water. 用水把颜料调稀。 a middle-aged man with thinning hair头发逐渐稀少的中年男子 The clouds thinned and the moon shone through. 云层渐稀，透出了月光。 Global warming could be accelerated due to the thinning of the ozone layer. thin out The crowd had thinned out and only a few people were left. 人群渐渐散去，只剩下几个人。 thin something (out) Thin out the seedlings to about 10cm apart. 把秧苗间成相隔 10 厘米。 Gradually the crowd thinned to a narrow trickle. His hair was long at the sides but thinning on top. If the soup is too thick, thin it down with a little milk. The traffic was beginning to thin out. Thin the paint with white spirit. |