thins
英 [θɪnz]
美 [θɪnz]
v. (掺水等)使稀薄,使变淡; 变稀疏; 变稀少; (使)变稀薄,变少
thin的第三人称单数
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 窄的;细的
Something that isthinis much narrower than it is long.- A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
一根细电缆将信号传送给一台计算机。 - James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削,轮廓分明,容易过敏。
- A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
- ADJ-GRADED (人、动物)瘦的
A person or animal that isthinhas no extra fat on their body .- He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
他是个瘦高个,头发灰白。 - He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
他个头瘦小,肤色苍白。
- He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
- ADJ-GRADED (纸、布等)薄的
Something such as paper or cloth that isthinis flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.- ...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
一本用纸轻薄、字体精细的蓝皮小书 - A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。
- ...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
- ADJ-GRADED (液体)稀的,淡的
Liquids that arethinare weak and watery.- The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
汤又稀又清,味道却出奇地浓。 - They are stirring huge pots of rice and thin vegetable soup over a fire made of charcoal.
他们搅动着架在木炭火堆上的大罐米饭和蔬菜清汤。
- The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
- ADJ-GRADED (人群、观众)稀少的,稀疏的
A crowd or audience that isthindoes not have many people in it.- The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
比赛前半段观众还稀稀拉拉的,这时明显增多了。
- The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
- ADJ-GRADED (微笑)冷淡的,牵强的,不幽默的
Athinsmile is one that is not friendly or humorous.- All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。
- All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
- ADJ-GRADED (衣物)薄的,单薄的
Thinclothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.- Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的礼服很薄,浑身在发抖,一半是冻的。
- Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
- ADJ-GRADED (论点、解释)浅薄的,不足信的,说服力差的
If you describe an argument or explanation asthin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.- However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
然而,这个证据难以令人信服,而且有点模棱两可。 - Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems a thin argument against reform.
就算乐观主义者的理论是对的,还是不足以阻止改革的进行。
- However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
- ADJ-GRADED (声音)尖声尖气的,尖细的
A voice or sound that isthinis high-pitched and not very loud.- Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
- Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
- ADJ-GRADED (头发)稀疏的
If someone's hair is described asthin, they do not have a lot of hair.- She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
她把一头稀疏的浅黄色头发向后梳,挽成了个圆髻。
- She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
- V-ERG (使)变稀疏
When youthinsomething or when itthins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.- It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time...
当初要是分几个冬天疏剪树木,会比一下子疏剪完效果好。 - By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜时分,人群渐渐散去了。 - Thin outmeans the same asthin.
thin out 同 thin - NATO will continue to thin out its forces...
北约将继续缩减兵力。 - When the crowd began to thin out, I realized that most of the food was still there...
人群渐渐散去的时候,我意识到大多数食物基本没人动过。 - Further up the river, the vineyards start to thin out and the orange groves and almond trees take over.
继续溯流而上,葡萄园开始淡去,柑橘园和杏树多了起来。
- It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time...
- VERB 使(调味汁或液体)变稀薄;使变淡
Tothina sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.- It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
可能有必要将酱汁稍稍稀释一下。 - Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
阿司匹林可以稀释血液,使其在变窄的血管里更顺畅地流动。 - Thin downmeans the same asthin.
thin down 同 thin - Thin down your mayonnaise with soured cream or natural yoghurt.
用酸奶油或原味酸奶稀释蛋黄酱。 - ...an oil-based paint that was thinned down with white spirit.
用石油溶剂油稀释了的油性油漆
- It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
- 他的头发开始脱落,皮肤也老化了。 → see:His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
- PHRASE (耐心等)消磨掉,耗尽
If someone's patience, for example,is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.- Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
议会还没有着手应对日益严重的经济危机,公众日渐失去了耐心。
- Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
- on thin ice→ see:ice
双语例句
- Aspirin apparently thins the blood and inhibits clotting.
阿司匹林能显著地稀释血液、抑制血液凝结。 - By itself it thins mucus to a watery substance, enabling phlegm to rise naturally from the lungs, ready for spitting out.
它把黏液稀释成水状物质,使痰从肺部自然上升,并且可以被吐出来。 - When the doctor gave Lisa ten months to live, the first thins she did was to set her affairs in order so as not to cause trouble for relatives.
丽莎听到医生说她还可以活十个月以后,她所做的第一件事,就是把她自己的事安排妥当。 - You must keep us informed of how thins are going with you.
一定要让我们经常了解你们的情况。 - In a variant on this model, matter thins out on large scales in a fractal pattern.
这类模型的另一种变形是,物质在大尺度时变得稀薄,形成碎形的图样。 - I get to hop on my bike and pedal through the streets of my hometown as the shadows lengthen and the traffic thins.
我跳上单车,穿梭在家乡的大小街道上,一切在夕阳的余晖中被拉长了影子,路上车少人稀。 - They will produce thins like telephones and computers.
他们将生产电话机和计算机之类的产品。 - The results show that half-apex angle has a great effect on sheet thickness distribution, the smaller the half-apex angle is, the bigger the sheet thickness thins;
结果表明,半顶角对制件厚度变化起主导作用,其值越小,厚度减薄越严重; - My purse thins. I spend foolishly to make an appearance of quiet industry, to mask the desperation that tightens my throat.
我的钱包瘪了。为了在平静行业暂时存身,为了掩饰那扼住了我的咽喉的绝望,我愚蠢地耗费精力。 - Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
阿司匹林可以稀释血液,使其在变窄的血管里更顺畅地流动。