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ADJ-GRADED
窄的;細的
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.
例句
A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
一根細電纜將信號傳送給一臺計算機。
James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
詹姆斯面部瘦削，輪廓分明，容易過敏。
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ADJ-GRADED
(人、動物)瘦的
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body .
例句
He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
他是個瘦高個，頭發灰白。
He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
他個頭瘦小，膚色蒼白。
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ADJ-GRADED
(紙、布等)薄的
Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
例句
...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
一本用紙輕薄、字體精細的藍皮小書
A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
薄薄的一層表土被沖走了。
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ADJ-GRADED
(液體)稀的，淡的
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.
例句
The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
湯又稀又清，味道卻出奇地濃。
They are stirring huge pots of rice and thin vegetable soup over a fire made of charcoal.
他們攪動著架在木炭火堆上的大罐米飯和蔬菜清湯。
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ADJ-GRADED
(人群、觀眾)稀少的，稀疏的
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.
例句
The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
比賽前半段觀眾還稀稀拉拉的，這時明顯增多了。
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ADJ-GRADED
(微笑)冷淡的，牽強的，不幽默的
A thin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous.
例句
All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
她極力擠出了一絲勉強的苦笑。
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ADJ-GRADED
(衣物)薄的，單薄的
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
例句
Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的禮服很薄，渾身在發抖，一半是凍的。
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ADJ-GRADED
(論點、解釋)淺薄的，不足信的，說服力差的
If you describe an argument or explanation as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
例句
However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
然而，這個證據難以令人信服，而且有點模棱兩可。
Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems a thin argument against reform.
就算樂觀主義者的理論是對的，還是不足以阻止改革的進行。
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ADJ-GRADED
(聲音)尖聲尖氣的，尖細的
A voice or sound that is thin is high-pitched and not very loud.
例句
Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
她抱怨時抬高了尖細的嗓音。
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ADJ-GRADED
(頭發)稀疏的
If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.
例句
She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
她把一頭稀疏的淺黃色頭發向后梳，挽成了個圓髻。
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V-ERG
(使)變稀疏
When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
例句
It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time...
當初要是分幾個冬天疏剪樹木，會比一下子疏剪完效果好。
By midnight the crowd had thinned.
半夜時分，人群漸漸散去了。
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VERB
使（調味汁或液體）變稀薄;使變淡
To thin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.
例句
It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
可能有必要將醬汁稍稍稀釋一下。
Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
阿司匹林可以稀釋血液，使其在變窄的血管里更順暢地流動。
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VERB
(男子的頭發)變稀疏，脫落
If a man's hair is thinning, it has begun to fall out.
例句
His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
他的頭發開始脫落，皮膚也老化了。
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PHRASE
(耐心等)消磨掉，耗盡
If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
例句
Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
議會還沒有著手應對日益嚴重的經濟危機，公眾日漸失去了耐心。