thin
adjective uk/θɪn/ us/θɪn/ thinner | thinnest
(NOT THICK)
A2 薄的；细的
having a small distance between two opposite sides
a thin book 薄薄的书
thin black lines 细黑线
a thin jacket (= made from thin material) 薄夹克
- More examples
- Flatten the pastry into a thin disc with your hands.
- There was a thin layer of oil on the surface of the water.
- Dictionaries are usually printed on thin paper.
- The partitions between the toilets were very thin.
- He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt.
(NOT FAT)
A2 （身体）瘦的，不肥的
(of the body) with little flesh on the bones
Did you notice how thin her wrists were? 你注意到她的手腕有多细了吗？
Thin, hungry dogs roamed the streets. 瘦瘦的饿狗们在街上遛来遛去。
Opposite: fat (BIG)
be as thin as a rakeUK (mainly US be as thin as a rail) 非常瘦;骨瘦如柴
to be very thin
He eats like a horse and yet he's as thin as a rake. 他象马一样吃得多，却骨瘦如柴。
- More examples
- She's so thin yet she eats like a horse.
- She has an impossibly thin waist.
- The jacket hung loosely on his thin body.
- She's got a long, thin face.
- Runners come in all shapes and sizes - fat and thin, short and tall.
(TRANSPARENT)
稀薄的
not difficult to see through
thin mist/cloud 薄雾／云
Opposite: thick (NOT FLOWING)
(FEW)
数量少的
having only a small number of people or a small amount of something
Attendance at the meeting was rather thin. 到会者寥寥无几。
(FLOWING EASILY)
（液体）稀的，不黏稠的
(of a liquid) flowing easily
a thin soup 稀汤
Opposite: thick (NOT FLOWING)
(WEAK)
弱的；拙劣的；空泛的
weak or of poor quality
a thin excuse 牵强的借口
a thin disguise 容易识破的伪装
a thin smile 淡淡一笑
Idioms
be thin on the groundidiom UK 少有，不多见
to exist only in small numbers or amounts
Traditional bookshops are thin on the ground these days. 现在传统的书店不多了。
be thin on topidiom informal 头发稀少;谢顶
to have lost some of the hair on your head
He's a little thin on top these days, isn't he? 他现在有点儿谢顶了，是不是？
disappear/vanish into thin airidiom C2 烟消云散，消失得无影无踪
to disappear suddenly and completely
have a thin time (of it)idiom UK日子不好过
to have bad or unhappy experiences
He's been having a thin time (of it) since his accident. 自从发生事故以来，他就一直过得不好。
out of thin airidiom 凭空
from nothing
I can't come up with €10,000 out of thin air. 我不能凭空拿出1万欧元。
the thin end of the wedgeidiom UK 事情糟糕的开始
the beginning of a harmful development
Identity cards for students could be the thin end of the wedge - soon everyone might have to carry identification. 学生需要出示身份证件可能还只是个开始——不久可能人人都要带着证件出门。
thin
verb uk/θɪn/ us/θɪn/ -nn-
(LESS THICK)
[ T ]使变稀，稀释
to make a substance less thick, often by adding a liquid to it
Thin the sauce down with a little stock. 加少量汤汁把调料弄稀一点。
(FEWER)
[ I or T ] (also thin out)（使）变少
When a crowd or a group thins (out), it becomes fewer in number, and when you thin (out) a group of plants or other things, you remove some to make them fewer.
The traffic will thin out after the rush hour. 交通高峰期过后车流量将减少。
Phrasal verb
thin down 变瘦
If you thin down, you become less fat.
He's thinned down a lot since I last saw him. 自我上次见到他以来，他瘦了不少。