音标:[θind] ;
v. (使)变稀薄, (使)变稀少, (使)变细( thin的过去式和过去分词 )
v lose thickness; become thin or thinner
v make thin or thinner
v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
v take off weight
s mixed with water

词性分布:
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thin的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.池塘上的冰面太薄了,不能滑冰。
  2. His face is thin and very tanned.他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。
  3. This string is too thin, I need a thicker piece.这根绳子太细了,我需要一根粗些的。
  4. Boil down the soup until it gets thicker. I don't like thin soup.把汤熬浓,我不喜欢稀汤。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. It's dangerous to walk on thin ice on a lake.在湖里的薄冰上行走是很危险的。
  2. She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.夏天她应该穿薄一点的衬衣。
  3. A thin veil of mist trailed below.下边飘起一层薄雾。
  4. You ought to know better than to go out in this cold weather in those thin summer shoes; no wonder your feet got cold!你应当明白,这么冷的天不应穿夏天的鞋出去,难怪你的脚冻坏了!
  5. I have thin hair.我头发很稀。
  6. A thin rain began to fall.开始稀稀落落下起雨来。
  7. Thick liquid pours much more slowly than thin liquid.稠的液体倒出来比稀的慢。
  8. There were two girls there, a fat one and a thin one.那儿有两个姑娘,一个胖的,一个瘦的。
  9. That was a thin excuse.这是很容易被识破的托词。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. This gravy is too thin.肉汁太清了。
  2. The air on the tops of high mountains is thin.高山顶上的空气很稀薄。
  3. He was thin after a bout of illness.一场病后,他又瘦又弱。
  4. He is thinner than you.他比你瘦。
  5. Our cat was missing for days but eventually it turned up, looking a bit thinner than before.我们的猫失踪了数天,但它终于回来了,看上去比以前瘦些。
  6. His excuse for being late was very thin.他迟到的借口是无法使人相信的。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.池塘上的冰太薄,不能在上面溜冰。
  2. The boy was thin for his age.就他的年龄而言,这男孩算瘦的。
  3. She is thin in the face.她的脸瘦。
  4. The plot is rather thin for such a long story.对这样长的故事来说,这个情节显得太单薄了。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. His hair is thinning.他的头发逐渐稀少了。
  2. Let's wait till the fog thins.让我们等到雾散开为止。
  3. We should wait until the mist thins before driving on.我们应当等晨雾变得稀薄了以后再开车前进。
  4. The crowd thinned after the parade was over .游行结束后,人群开始散去。
  5. The smoke clouds were thinning away.烟云正在散去。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Hunger has thinned her cheeks.饥饿已使她两颊消瘦。
  2. He thinned the branches of that tree.他剪去那棵树上的一些枝叶,使其稀疏些。
  3. He thinned the stick with a knife.他用小刀把那根棍子削细。
  4. He thinned the wine by adding water.他往酒里兑水把它稀释。
  5. War and disease had thinned the population.战争和疾病已使人口减少。

常用短语

用作形容词(adj.)
grow thin
    变小〔少〕 become small or less
have a thin time
    日子过得不愉快〔舒服〕 have an unpleasant, uncomfortable or especially unsuccessful time
stretch thin
    快到极限了 will come to the limitstretch sb/sth thin

    That country's manpower and its resources are already stretched thin.

    那个国家的人力和财力已快到山穷水尽的地步了。

    Seven years of war have stretched their army thin.

    七年战争已使他们的兵力感到不足。

thin end of the wedge
    开头无关紧要但后果严重的事 sth which seems unimportant but will open the way for more serious things of a similar kind
thin on the ground
    稀少的,寥寥无几 not plentiful
wear thin
    守不住,要垮了 begin to fail
用作动词(v.)
thin down (v.+adv.)
    (使)变细,(使)变薄,(使)变稀疏 (cause to) become less thick, dense, or crowdedthin down

    This liquid appears to have thinned down.

    这液体好像变得稀薄了。

    thin sth ⇔ down

    The painter thinned the paint down with white spirit.

    画家用松香油溶剂稀释颜料。

    Can you thin the paint down so that it spreads more easily?

    你能不能把油漆调稀点儿?这样不好刷。

    The oppression of the invaders had thinned down the population of the village.

    入侵者的压迫使这个村庄的人口减少了。

    thin down to sth

    The stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.

    小河越来越窄,最后变成了涓涓细流。

    Her voice thinned down to a whisper as people turned to shush her.

    当人们回过头来嘘她时,她就放低嗓门讲话了。

thin out (v.+adv.)
    除去 remove surplus plants or treesthin out

    The enemy resistance thinned out as night approached.

    傍晚时,敌人的抵抗越来越弱了。

    thin sth ⇔ out

    The barber thinned out his customer's thick hair.

    理发师把顾客的浓密头发削薄了些。

    thin out

    Towards the city limits the houses begin to thin out.

    靠近城市尽头的地方房屋渐渐稀少起来。

    thin sth ⇔ out

    He thinned out the seedlings.

    他拔掉一些幼苗使它们变得稀疏。

    War and disease had thinned out the population.

    战争和疾病使人口减少了。

    The population of the city was thinned out by the black death.

    这个城市的人口由于黑死病而减少了。

    thin sth ⇔ out

    They thinned out a stand to create a lush forest tomorrow.

    他们除去了林场中多余的树木,以利来日森林长得更茂盛。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • thin time没有钱也没有欢乐的日子
~+介词
  • thin in the face脸瘦
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • thin alarmingly使人惊恐地稀薄
  • thin astonishingly惊人地稀薄
  • thin dangerously稀薄得危险
  • thin dreadfully可怕地稀少
  • thin extremely极端地稀少
  • thin terribly可怕地稀少
  • thin away散去
  • thin down使变稀〔少,细〕,变得稀薄了,渐渐散了
  • thin down paint调稀油漆
  • thin out使稀少,使变弱,使变细,越来越弱了,渐渐稀少起来
  • thin out the seedlings间苗,拔除过多的苗

经典引文

  • He ran his thin bony fingers through her hair.

    出自:A. N. Wilson
  • A bright thin crescent moon.

    出自:L. Ellmann
  • The tablecloth was thin and frayed.

    出自:R. Rayner
  • Some are thin as pencil points.

    出自:J. C. Oates
  • A woman thinned and raddled by incessant jealousy.

    出自:Hugh Walpole
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