thin

[US]/θɪn/
[UK]/θɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 薄的;瘦的;稀薄的
vt. 使淡;使瘦;使稀疏
vi. 變淡;變薄;變瘦
adv. 稀疏地;微弱地
n. 細小部分
Word Forms
比較級thinner
過去式thinned
最高級thinnest
過去分詞thinned
現在分詞thinning
第三人稱單數thins
複數thins

Phrases & Collocations

paper-thin

紙薄

thin air

空氣稀薄

thin ice

冰薄

thin slice

薄片

thin film

薄膜

thin layer

薄層;薄膜層

thin wall

薄壁

thin slab

薄板;薄板坯

thin plate

薄板;極薄的金屬板混響;薄鋼板

thin layer chromatography

薄層色譜;薄層色譜法;薄層層析法

thin section

[生]薄片;薄剖面;薄切片

thick and thin

在任何情況下;厚薄

thin sheet

薄片,薄鋼板;鋼皮

thin seam

薄煤層

thin oil

稀油;輕油

thin paper

薄紙

thin client

瘦客戶機;瘦客戶端;精簡型電腦

thin line

細線

thin coat

薄膜

Example Sentences

a thin menu; thin trading.

沒什麼可喫的菜單;很少的交易

a thin lubricant film.

薄潤滑膜。

thin strata of air.

薄薄的空氣層。

a depressingly thin crowd.

令人沮喪的稀稀拉拉的一堆人。

cut it as thin as possible.

儘量切細。

a thin slice of bread

一片薄面包

a thin piece of string

一根細繩

the thin vegetation of the plateau.

高原上稀少的草木

a thin, brackish gruel.

稀而難以下嚥的粥

cut the beef into thin slices.

將牛肉切成薄片。

she was a thin, sickly child.

她是一個體弱多病的孩子。

a tall, thin man with a stoop.

一個又高又瘦的駝背男子。

Real-world Examples

Early on, these lesions are usually pretty thin, so it's called thin leukoplakia.

在早期,這些病變往往較輕,因此可以將其稱作薄白斑病。

Source: Osmosis - Digestion

As she climbs still higher, the branches get thinner and thinner.

她越爬越高,樹枝越來越細。

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

They discovered a thinner than expected crust.

他們發現了比預期更薄的地殼。

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation October 2022

Yeah, you think it keeps you thin.

是啊 你覺得喫這個你就能保持身材。

Source: Billions Season 1

Just because of these five little super thin?

就因爲這五個超薄的組件?

Source: Vox opinion

They will stick together through thick and thin.

不管有什麼艱難險阻他們都會團結在一起。

Source: Pronunciation: Basic Course in American English Pronunciation

It's nice! The chicken is cut really thin.

很好喫!雞肉切得很薄。

Source: Creative Cloud Travel

I do not think that I have ever seen so thin a man.

我從來沒有見到過這麼瘦削的人。

Source: The Engineer's Thumb Case of Sherlock Holmes

The shrouded figure was as long as thin as it had been in life.

裹屍布中的軀體和生前一樣地消瘦。

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Does the air seem a bit thin to you up here?

我覺得這裏的空氣好稀薄?

Source: Frozen Selection

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