用作形容词(adj.)

The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.池塘上的冰面太薄了，不能滑冰。

His face is thin and very tanned.他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。

This string is too thin, I need a thicker piece.这根绳子太细了,我需要一根粗些的。

Boil down the soup until it gets thicker. I don't pke thin soup.把汤熬浓,我不喜欢稀汤。

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

It's dangerous to walk on thin ice on a lake.
在湖里的薄冰上行走是很危险的。

She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.
夏天她应该穿薄一点的衬衣。

A thin veil of mist trailed below.
下边飘起一层薄雾。

You ought to know better than to go out in this cold weather in those thin summer shoes; no wonder your feet got cold!
你应当明白,这么冷的天不应穿夏天的鞋出去,难怪你的脚冻坏了!

I have thin hair.
我头发很稀。

A thin rain began to fall.
开始稀稀落落下起雨来。

Thick pquid pours much more slowly than thin pquid.
稠的液体倒出来比稀的慢。

There were two girls there, a fat one and a thin one.
那儿有两个姑娘,一个胖的,一个瘦的。

That was a thin excuse.
这是很容易被识破的托词。

用作表语S+be+～

This gravy is too thin.
肉汁太清了。

The air on the tops of high mountains is thin.
高山顶上的空气很稀薄。

He was thin after a bout of illness.
一场病后,他又瘦又弱。

He is thinner than you.
他比你瘦。

Our cat was missing for days but eventually it turned up, looking a bit thinner than before.
我们的猫失踪了数天,但它终于回来了,看上去比以前瘦些。

His excuse for being late was very thin.
他迟到的借口是无法使人相信的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.
池塘上的冰太薄,不能在上面溜冰。

The boy was thin for his age.
就他的年龄而言,这男孩算瘦的。

She is thin in the face.
她的脸瘦。

The plot is rather thin for such a long story.
对这样长的故事来说,这个情节显得太单薄了。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

His hair is thinning.
他的头发逐渐稀少了。

Let's wait till the fog thins.
让我们等到雾散开为止。

We should wait until the mist thins before driving on.
我们应当等晨雾变得稀薄了以后再开车前进。

The crowd thinned after the parade was over .
游行结束后,人群开始散去。

The smoke clouds were thinning away.
烟云正在散去。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Hunger has thinned her cheeks.
饥饿已使她两颊消瘦。

He thinned the branches of that tree.
他剪去那棵树上的一些枝叶,使其稀疏些。

He thinned the stick with a knife.
他用小刀把那根棍子削细。

He thinned the wine by adding water.
他往酒里兑水把它稀释。

War and disease had thinned the population.
战争和疾病已使人口减少。

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

thin time没有钱也没有欢乐的日子

～+介词

thin in the face脸瘦

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

thin alarmingly使人惊恐地稀薄

thin astonishingly惊人地稀薄

thin dangerously稀薄得危险

thin dreadfully可怕地稀少

thin extremely极端地稀少

thin terribly可怕地稀少

thin away散去

thin down使变稀〔少,细〕,变得稀薄了,渐渐散了

thin down paint调稀油漆

thin out使稀少,使变弱,使变细,越来越弱了,渐渐稀少起来

thin out the seedpngs间苗,拔除过多的苗

adj.(形容词)

thin作形容词的基本意思是“薄的,细的”,引申可表示“稀的,稀疏的,稀少的”,指物体两个表面之间较“薄”或圆柱形物与高度相比较小的直径,即“细”; 用于人时则指缺少或低于正常程度的脂肪而显得不丰满,不结实,常用于病后或疲劳而致的消瘦。

thin还可表示“弱的,缺乏力量的,浅薄的”,指言语或作品等缺乏说服力的或内容不充实的。

thin前还常加副词表示程度或说话人的态度。

v.(动词)

thin用作形容词时意思是“薄的”“稀少的”“细的”,转化为动词时,意思是“变得稀薄〔稀少〕”“使…变细”,指减少厚度或浓度,也可用于力度、深度、强度。

thin可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

用作形容词(adj.)

The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.池塘上的冰面太薄了，不能滑冰。

His face is thin and very tanned.他的面孔瘦削,晒得黑黑的。

This string is too thin, I need a thicker piece.这根绳子太细了,我需要一根粗些的。

Boil down the soup until it gets thicker. I don't pke thin soup.把汤熬浓,我不喜欢稀汤。

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

It's dangerous to walk on thin ice on a lake.
在湖里的薄冰上行走是很危险的。

She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.
夏天她应该穿薄一点的衬衣。

A thin veil of mist trailed below.
下边飘起一层薄雾。

You ought to know better than to go out in this cold weather in those thin summer shoes; no wonder your feet got cold!
你应当明白,这么冷的天不应穿夏天的鞋出去,难怪你的脚冻坏了!

I have thin hair.
我头发很稀。

A thin rain began to fall.
开始稀稀落落下起雨来。

Thick pquid pours much more slowly than thin pquid.
稠的液体倒出来比稀的慢。

There were two girls there, a fat one and a thin one.
那儿有两个姑娘,一个胖的,一个瘦的。

That was a thin excuse.
这是很容易被识破的托词。

用作表语S+be+～

This gravy is too thin.
肉汁太清了。

The air on the tops of high mountains is thin.
高山顶上的空气很稀薄。

He was thin after a bout of illness.
一场病后,他又瘦又弱。

He is thinner than you.
他比你瘦。

Our cat was missing for days but eventually it turned up, looking a bit thinner than before.
我们的猫失踪了数天,但它终于回来了,看上去比以前瘦些。

His excuse for being late was very thin.
他迟到的借口是无法使人相信的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

The ice on the pond is too thin for skating.
池塘上的冰太薄,不能在上面溜冰。

The boy was thin for his age.
就他的年龄而言,这男孩算瘦的。

She is thin in the face.
她的脸瘦。

The plot is rather thin for such a long story.
对这样长的故事来说,这个情节显得太单薄了。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

His hair is thinning.
他的头发逐渐稀少了。

Let's wait till the fog thins.
让我们等到雾散开为止。

We should wait until the mist thins before driving on.
我们应当等晨雾变得稀薄了以后再开车前进。

The crowd thinned after the parade was over .
游行结束后,人群开始散去。

The smoke clouds were thinning away.
烟云正在散去。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Hunger has thinned her cheeks.
饥饿已使她两颊消瘦。

He thinned the branches of that tree.
他剪去那棵树上的一些枝叶,使其稀疏些。

He thinned the stick with a knife.
他用小刀把那根棍子削细。

He thinned the wine by adding water.
他往酒里兑水把它稀释。

War and disease had thinned the population.
战争和疾病已使人口减少。

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

thin time没有钱也没有欢乐的日子

～+介词

thin in the face脸瘦

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

thin alarmingly使人惊恐地稀薄

thin astonishingly惊人地稀薄

thin dangerously稀薄得危险

thin dreadfully可怕地稀少

thin extremely极端地稀少

thin terribly可怕地稀少

thin away散去

thin down使变稀〔少,细〕,变得稀薄了,渐渐散了

thin down paint调稀油漆

thin out使稀少,使变弱,使变细,越来越弱了,渐渐稀少起来

thin out the seedpngs间苗,拔除过多的苗

【近义词】

adj.
• faint
• narrow
• slim
• weak

【反义词】

adj.
• fat
• plump
• strong