thinning

['θiniŋ]

n. 稀释, 冲淡, 削去, 修磨
动词thin的现在分词形式

例句与用法：

Mary was thin from sickness, and the doctor said she must put on ten pounds.

玛丽生病身体很瘦，医生说她的体重必须增加10磅。

His hair is thinning.

他的头发渐渐稀少。

A solvent with which paint is thinned to the proper consistency.

颜料溶解液，展色剂用以稀释颜料至合适浓度的稀释液

thinning

thinning

名词 thinning:

the act of diluting something

同义词：cutting

动词 thin:

lose thickness; become thin or thinner

同义词：thin

make thin or thinner

同义词：thin

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

同义词：dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut

take off weight

同义词：reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down

thinning

■A thin man sandwiched (in) between two fat women.

一个瘦男人夹在两个胖女人中间。

■A thin jacket is a poor protection against cold.

一件单薄的夹克衫不足以御寒。

■A thin coat gives little protection against the cold.

一件薄上衣没有什么御寒作用。

■A thin thread of path dwindled and finally disappeared as it climbed the steep slope of the down.

一条小径越远显得越细，在爬上土丘的陡坡时终于消失了。

■A thin, icy mist was ghosting up from the turf.

一片薄薄的冷雾鬼影般地从草地升起。

■A thin disk of or resembling metal.

一种金属或似金属制的薄碟

■A thin or faint streak or fragment, as of smoke or clouds.

一缕薄或微弱的条纹或碎片，如烟、云等

■A thin curl of smoke arose lazily from the cobin.

一缕薄烟懒洋洋地从小屋升起。

■A thin cloud of steam was rising from the spout.

一缕薄薄的雾气正从壶嘴升起。

■A thin, transparent gauze of silk or cotton muslin.

丝纱罗一种用丝或棉花织成的薄而透明的纱布

■Only a thin arm of land divides the two countries.

两国之间只隔着一条狭长的陆地。

■Maybe they are thin because they forget to eat.

也许他们很瘦，因为他们经常忘了吃饭。

■Taxis seem very thin on the ground tonight— we'll have to walk.

今晚出租汽车似乎很少，我们只得步行了。

■He seemed to vanish into thin air.

他不留痕迹地消失了。

■From two blocks over he could hear the thin wail.

他从两条街以外的地方就能听到那微弱的哭泣声。

■They dismiss the Brahmins as sweet and thin.

他们斥责绅士派文人的华丽和纤弱。

■He seemed satisfied with my description of how the machine works, but I was skating on thin ice because I don't really know much about it myself.

他似乎很满意我对机器操作的叙述，可是我却如履薄冰，因为我自己对那机器实在了解不多。

■He tried several times to enlist, but first he was too young, then too thin, to make the grade.

他几次报名应征，但都不合标准，先是由于年纪太小，而后又由于长得太瘦。

■He is only 30 and is already getting thin on top.

他刚刚三十岁，就已经开始谢顶了。

■He remained loyal to me through thick and thin.

他历尽艰辛始终都忠实於我。

■He is as thin as his ailing brother .

他和他生病的弟弟一样瘦。

■His rather rough black hair was thinning at the crown.

他头顶上那又黑又粗的头发开始脱落。

■He's used to skating on thin ice and managed the situation as well as could be hoped.

他惯于处理棘手问题，并且十分成功的处理好了当时的局势。

■He could feel the thin, lumpy mattress.

他感到床垫薄而凹凸不平。

■He taped a nail in slowly to spilt the thin board.

他慢慢地把钉子钉进这块簿板，以防劈开。

■By putting thin paper over the map,he traced it.

他把薄纸覆盖在地图上,将它描了下来。

■How fat he is! I remember him as a thin little boy.

他现在好胖！我记得他从前是个瘦瘦的小男孩。

■He ran his hand through his thinning gray hair.

他用力捋他那愈见稀疏的灰头发。

■His hair is thinning.

他的头发渐渐稀少。

■His shirt was so thin that his vest showed through (it).

他的衬衫很薄，连里面穿的背心都能看见。

■His face is thin and very tanned.

他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。

■He fell suddenly that he was on very thin ice.

他突然感到自己的处境很危险。

■He has very thin legs and knobbly knees.

他腿很细，膝盖呈圆球状凸起。

■He had a long, thin body and the scholar's stoop.

他身材瘦长并且象学者一样弯腰驼背。

■He has a strong body, but rather thin legs.

他躯干粗壮，但腿却很瘦。

■You're spreading yourself too thin.

你太性急了,最好一件一件地做。

■You should eat more; you're too thin.

你应该吃多一点；你太瘦了。

■You look rather thin after recovering.

你病后略见清瘦。

■To make thin, less compact, or less dense.

使稀薄使变瘦，变淡，变得不紧凑，不浓密

■A thin metallic or plastic support fitted to the gums to anchor artificial teeth.

假牙托安装在牙床上固定假牙的薄金属或塑料支持物

■The inside part is made in the glass foundry, a special bottle with very thin walls, much too fragile for everyday use.

内部的这个瓶子用非常薄的玻璃制成，由于太薄不易用于日常生活。

■The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

冰太薄，承受不住你们的重量。

■Cold winds riddled through the thin walls.

冷风穿过薄墙。

■A thin, sharpened side, as of the blade of a cutting instrument.

利刃一种薄而锋利的侧边，如切割用具的刀锋

■Don't cut the bread too thin.

别把面包切得太薄。

■Before cooking,she pressed pastry flat and thin.

制做前她把馅饼皮压得薄又平。

■To shorten and taper(hair) by cutting and thinning.

剪短，剪薄剪成薄的以使（头发）变短变细、变薄

■To shorten and taper (hair) by cutting and thinning.

剪短，剪薄：剪成薄的以使（头发）变短变细、变薄

■A small, thin, crisp cake, biscuit, or candy.

华夫饼干一种小而薄、脆的饼、饼干或糖果

■Danger thin ice!

危险--薄冰！