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1. Oxford Dictionary

   thin

   • IPA[θɪn]

   英式

   • adj.
     with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together；(of a garment or other knitted or woven item) made of light material
   • adv.
     with little thickness or depth
   • v.
     make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous；remove some plants from (a row or area) to allow the others more room to grow

   • verb: thin, 3rd person present: thins, gerund or present participle: thinning, past tense: thinned, past participle: thinned

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together thin slices of bread a thin line of paint 同義詞 narrow, fine, pencil-thin, threadlike, attenuated, ... 更多rareattenuate, wafer-thin, paper-thin, papery反義詞 thick, broad, thick
   • ▪ (of a garment or other knitted or woven item) made of light material his thin jacket 同義詞 lightweight, light, fine, delicate, floaty, ... 更多flimsy, diaphanous, gossamer, insubstantial, sheer, gauzy, gauze-like, filmy, chiffony, transparent, see-through, translucent反義詞 heavy, thick
   • ▪ (of a garment or fabric) having become less thick as a result of wear our clothing was getting thin
   • ▪ (of writing or printing) consisting of narrow lines tall, thin lettering 同義詞 narrow, fine, pencil-thin, threadlike, attenuated, ... 更多rareattenuate反義詞 thick, broad
   • 2. having little, or too little, flesh or fat on the body a thin, gawky adolescent 同義詞 slim, lean, slender, rangy, willowy, ... 更多svelte, sylphlike, spare, slight, skinny, underweight, scrawny, scraggy, bony, angular, raw-boned, hollow-cheeked, gaunt, as thin as a rake, as thin as a reed, like a matchstick, sticklike, size-zero, skin-and-bones, emaciated, skeletal, cadaverous, like a skeleton, wasted, pinched, undernourished, underfed, lanky, spindly, stringy, gangly, gangling, reedy, weedy, informallooking like a bag of bones, anorexic, anorectic, datedspindle-shanked, raregracile, starveling, macilent反義詞 fat, plump, overweight
   • 3. having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled; sparse a depressingly thin crowd his hair was going thin 同義詞 sparse, scanty, wispy, thinning, meagre, ... 更多paltry, poor, inadequate, insufficient, sparse, scanty, scattered反義詞 abundant, thick
   • ▪ (of the air or a substance in the air) not dense the thin cold air of the mountains 同義詞 rarefied
   • ▪ denoting a route on which the holds are small or scarce.
   • 4. (of a liquid substance) not containing much solid; flowing freely thin soup 同義詞 watery, watered down, weak, dilute, diluted, ... 更多thinned down, runny, sloppy, slap反義詞 thick
   • 5. lacking substance or quality; weak or inadequate the evidence is rather thin 同義詞 insubstantial, flimsy, slight, feeble, lame, ... 更多poor, weak, shallow, tenuous, threadbare, inadequate, insufficient, unconvincing, unbelievable, implausible反義詞 meaty, convincing
   • ▪ (of a sound) faint and high-pitched a thin, reedy little voice 同義詞 weak, faint, feeble, small, soft, ... 更多low, reedy, high-pitched反義詞 strong, loud
   • ▪ (of a smile) weak and forced.

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. with little thickness or depth cut the ham as thin as possible a thin-sliced loaf

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous the remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks the trees began to thin out 同義詞 become less dense/numerous, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, ... 更多become less in number, disperse, dissipate, scatter, prune, cut back, trim, technicalsingle
   • ▪ remove some plants from (a row or area) to allow the others more room to grow thin out the rows of peas
   • ▪ make or become more watery in consistency if the soup is too thick, add a little water to thin it down the blood thins 同義詞 dilute, water down, weaken
   • 2. make or become smaller in thickness their effect in thinning the ozone layer is probably slowing the global warming trend
   • 3. hit (a ball) above its centre.

   片語

   • have a thin time
   • thin air
   • the thin blue line
   • thin on top