| 单词 | wafer-thin |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswafer-thin wafer-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 a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxi. 381 Civilization is merely a wafer-thin veneer over most human beings as yet. 1958 Times 15 Nov. 11/6 There is dried meat of the Valais cut in wafer-thin slices. 1976 Times 1 June 1/1 Pitmen in north Derbyshire are understood to have voted by a wafer-thin majority against continuing wage restraint. 1984 B. Francis AA Car Duffer's Guide 63/2 The radiator is made up of a collection of very narrow tubes linked by wafer-thin strips of metal which are exposed to the air-flow. < as lemmas |
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