thinner , thinnest
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.
A thin cable carries the signal to a computer.
一条细电缆把信号传给一台计算机。
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body.
He was a tall, thin man with grey hair that fell in a wild tangle to his shoulders.
他又高又瘦,灰白的头发乱蓬蓬地散落在肩上。
Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper.
一本纸质轻薄、用细小字体印刷而成的蓝皮小书。
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.
The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich.
那汤既稀又清,但味道却出奇地足。
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.
The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
上半场比赛时观众稀稀拉拉的,现在则大大增多了。
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
她的礼服很薄,她浑身发抖,多半是冻的。
If you describe an argument, an explanation, or evidence as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
The police were certain they had the right man, but the evidence was thin.
警方确信他们找对了人,但是证据却难以令人信服。
If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.
She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
她的头发稀疏、发黄,在脑后梳成了一个圆髻。
thin out
Thin out means the same as thin.
NATO will continue to thin out its forces.
北约将继续裁军。
wearing thin
If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
War has achieved little, and public patience is wearing thin.
战争收获甚微,公众的耐心逐渐被消磨掉了。
thins , thinning , thinned
When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time.
当初要是分几个冬天来疏剪树木,会比一次性疏剪要更好些。