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单词 thin-walled
释义

thin /thin/

adjective (thinnˈer; thinnˈest)
  1. Having little thickness
  2. Slim
  3. Lean
  4. Narrow
  5. Freely mobile
  6. Watery
  7. Dilute, lacking viscosity
  8. Of little density
  9. Rarefied
  10. Not closely packed, covered or occupied
  11. Sparse
  12. Made of thin material
  13. Slight
  14. Flimsy
  15. Lacking in body or solidity
  16. Meagre
  17. Poor
  18. Tinkling
  19. Travelling on too flat a trajectory (golf)
noun

That which is thin

adverb

Thinly

transitive verb (thinnˈing; thinned)
  1. To make thin or thinner
  2. To make less close, crowded or dense (with away, out, etc)
  3. To hit (the ball) too near the top so that it travels parallel to the ground, but only just above it, thus not travelling very far (golf)
intransitive verb

To grow or become thin or thinner

ORIGIN: OE thynne; Ger dünn; ON thunnr

thinˈly adverb

thinnˈer noun

A person or thing that thins, esp (often in pl, sometimes treated as sing) a diluent for paint

thinˈness noun

thinnˈing noun and adjective

thinnˈings plural noun

Seedlings removed from a forest, etc to improve the growth of remaining plants

thinnˈish adjective

Somewhat thin

thinˈ-belly adjective (Shakespeare)

Narrow in the belly

thinˈ-faced adjective (Shakespeare).

thinˈ-film adjective (electronics)

Made by chemical or physical vapour deposition or electrolysis, typically no more than a few micrometres thick

thin-skinnedˈ adjective

  1. Having thin skin
  2. Sensitive
  3. Irritable

thin-skinnedˈness noun

thinˈ-sown adjective

Sparsely sown

thinˈ-spun adjective

Drawn out fine

thinˈ'un noun (historical slang)

A half sovereign

thin-walledˈ adjective

a thin time

A time of hardship, misery, etc

into (or out of) thin air

Into (or out of) nothing or nothingness

thin blue line

A line of policemen drawn up to quell crowd violence, etc (coined in imitation of thin red line below)

thin on the ground

Present in very small, inadequate quality or numbers

thin on top

Balding

thin red line

A designation for the British Army (orig used in reports of the Crimean campaign, when uniforms were still red) conveying an image of indomitability against heavy odds

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