| 单词 | skin-thin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskin-thin C4. Similative, esp. skin-thin adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [adjective] > very thin fine-drawn1840 waferish1866 tissuey1867 wafery1880 wafer-thina1911 paper-thin1929 micro-thin1945 skin-thin1946 1904 A. H. Buck & T. L. Stedman Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 221/2 The color ranges from skin-pink to a dirty grayish-black. 1927 E. V. Gordon Introd. Old Norse 224 Many historic persons were said to be ‘skin-strong’. 1936 L. B. Lyon Bright Feather Fading 56 That thin, far air may well be skin-frail. 1946 W. de la Mare Traveller 12 Their skin-thin gills. 1966 P. Scott Jewel in Crown iv. 171 The tough little shell of skin-thin masculinity that used to harden the outward appearance of the British military wives. 1998 J. Dupleix Favourite Food 10 Something like a large, flat, failure of a spring roll, a brik is a Tunisian pastry, traditionally made from skin-thin sheets of warkha pastry. < as lemmas |
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