"thin wire"
"a thin chiffon blouse"
"a thin book"
"a thin layer of paint"
"you can't be too rich or too thin"
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
"a thin line across the page"
"a thin beard"
"trees were sparse"
"air is thin at high altitudes"
"a thin soup"
"skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"
"thin oil"
"a thin feeble cry"
"a thin smile"
"slight evidence"
"a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"
"the blood was flowing thin"
"Thin the solution"
"cut bourbon"
That country's manpower and its resources are already stretched thin.
那个国家的人力和财力已快到山穷水尽的地步了。
Seven years of war have stretched their army thin.
七年战争已使他们的兵力感到不足。
This liquid appears to have thinned down.
这液体好像变得稀薄了。
thin sth ⇔ downThe painter thinned the paint down with white spirit.
画家用松香油溶剂稀释颜料。
Can you thin the paint down so that it spreads more easily?
你能不能把油漆调稀点儿?这样不好刷。
The oppression of the invaders had thinned down the population of the village.
入侵者的压迫使这个村庄的人口减少了。
thin down to sthThe stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.
小河越来越窄,最后变成了涓涓细流。
Her voice thinned down to a whisper as people turned to shush her.
当人们回过头来嘘她时,她就放低嗓门讲话了。
The enemy resistance thinned out as night approached.
傍晚时,敌人的抵抗越来越弱了。
thin sth ⇔ outThe barber thinned out his customer's thick hair.
理发师把顾客的浓密头发削薄了些。
thin outTowards the city limits the houses begin to thin out.
靠近城市尽头的地方房屋渐渐稀少起来。
thin sth ⇔ outHe thinned out the seedlings.
他拔掉一些幼苗使它们变得稀疏。
War and disease had thinned out the population.
战争和疾病使人口减少了。
The population of the city was thinned out by the black death.
这个城市的人口由于黑死病而减少了。
thin sth ⇔ outThey thinned out a stand to create a lush forest tomorrow.
他们除去了林场中多余的树木,以利来日森林长得更茂盛。