The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.

池塘上的冰面太薄了，不能滑冰。

His face is thin and very tanned.

他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。

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。

Boil down the soup until it gets thicker. I don't like thin soup.

把汤熬浓,我不喜欢稀汤。

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.

尸体被埋藏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

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。

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。

...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。

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 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。

All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.

她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。

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。

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。

Her thin voice rose high in complaint.

她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。

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。

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。

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。

His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.

他的头发开始脱落，皮肤也老化了。

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。

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。

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 limit
stretch 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

thin down (v.+adv.)

(使)变细,(使)变薄,(使)变稀疏 (cause to) become less thick, dense, or crowded
thin 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 trees
thin 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。

～+名词

• thin%20time">thin time没有钱也没有欢乐的日子

～+介词

• thin%20in%20the%20face">thin in the face脸瘦

～+副词

• thin%20alarmingly">thin alarmingly使人惊恐地稀薄
• thin%20astonishingly">thin astonishingly惊人地稀薄
• thin%20dangerously">thin dangerously稀薄得危险
• thin%20dreadfully">thin dreadfully可怕地稀少
• thin%20extremely">thin extremely极端地稀少
• thin%20terribly">thin terribly可怕地稀少
• thin%20away">thin away散去
• thin%20down">thin down使变稀〔少,细〕,变得稀薄了,渐渐散了
• thin%20down%20paint">thin down paint调稀油漆
• thin%20out">thin out使稀少,使变弱,使变细,越来越弱了,渐渐稀少起来
• thin%20out%20the%20seedlings">thin out the seedlings间苗,拔除过多的苗

• 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

adj.(形容词)

1. thin作形容词的基本意思是“薄的,细的”,引申可表示“稀的,稀疏的,稀少的”,指物体两个表面之间较“薄”或圆柱形物与高度相比较小的直径,即“细”; 用于人时则指缺少或低于正常程度的脂肪而显得不丰满,不结实,常用于病后或疲劳而致的消瘦。
2. thin还可表示“弱的,缺乏力量的,浅薄的”,指言语或作品等缺乏说服力的或内容不充实的。
3. thin前还常加副词表示程度或说话人的态度。

v.(动词)

1. thin用作形容词时意思是“薄的”“稀少的”“细的”,转化为动词时,意思是“变得稀薄〔稀少〕”“使…变细”,指减少厚度或浓度,也可用于力度、深度、强度。
2. thin可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

adj.(形容词)

thin, lanky, slim, underweight

这组词都可形容人“瘦”。其区别是：

thin以中性的方式来描写人的外貌,常同营养、疾病有较多牵连,不含褒贬义; slim描写人的外貌时有瘦得很美的含义,带有褒义; lanky用来描述人又高又瘦,含有幽默的意味; underweight指描述人因吃得不好或生病而过“瘦”。例如:

She was tall and thin, with fairish hair.她高高瘦瘦的,留着长发。

She used to be pretty and slim.她过去非常漂亮苗条。

Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.汤姆是一个腿很细的瘦高个儿。

Many people who are underweight are happy with their size.许多人很喜欢自己那种过于瘦的身材。

thin, gaunt, lean, slender

这组词都可形容人“瘦”。其区别是：

thin指因病、过分劳累或缺乏营养等而缺少正常的肌肉; gaunt指因饥饿或操劳过度而呈现的枯瘦或憔悴的面庞; lean强调缺乏脂肪,指自然的瘦,其肌肉却很结实; slender可指人或动物,作“细长的,苗条的”解,有时含有“纤弱”的意思。例如:

He has the gaunt face of a starving man.他是一副憔悴的面容的饿汉相。

The forest ranger is lean.那位森林警察很结实。

She admired Alice's slender build.她羡慕艾丽斯那苗条的身材。

thin, emaciated, haggard, lean, spare

这组词都可表示“瘦”。其区别是：

spare指人的身材给人以美感的瘦; thin既可指人的身材,也可指人的身体某部位瘦,大多数指因疾病或疲劳而消瘦; emaciated表示的“瘦”主要是由疾病和营养不良造成的; haggard指人的面孔憔悴的,枯槁的,主要是由于忧虑和少眠所致; lean指人天生瘦,是缺少脂肪的意思。例如:

She was a tall, spare girl.她是个瘦高个儿的姑娘。

His face was thin.他的脸瘦。

He was emaciated by long illness.他由于长期生病而瘦弱了。

The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed what they had suffered.被救出的矿工枯槁的面容表明他们遭受了什么样的苦难。

He had the lean fit look of a trained athlete.他具有一个受过训练的运动员的清瘦而健康的面容。

lean，slender，slim，slight，thin

这些形容词均有“瘦的”之意。

lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦，也可能因饥饿而消瘦；也指身体消瘦，但肌肉结实，身体健康。

slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中，多用于指女性。

slim指身体的细长，体重轻不着重外形的优美，可用于不同的性别，常用于减轻体重的人。

slight指身材又瘦又小。

thin普通用词，指腰细、骨架窄，常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的ynne；最初源自原始日耳曼语的thunnuz，意为狭小的，少的。