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Thin Slim Written Air Slender Opp  The Attractive

Thinness, the noun form of 'thin', refers to the quality of not being thick or wide, contrasting with thickness or fatness.

thinness (名词):形容词thin的名词形式,指不厚或不宽的质量,与厚度或肥胖的相反。

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thinthin1 /θɪn/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective (comparative thinner, superlative thinnest)
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1not thick if something is thin, there is only a small distance between its two opposite sides or surfaces OPP  thick:  a thin gold chain She’s only wearing a thin summer jacket (=a jacket made of light material). two thin slices of bread The road was covered with a thin layer of ice. The skin on the eyelids is the thinnest on the body.paper/wafer thin (=very thin) Keep your voice down – the walls are paper thin.2not fat having little fat on your body OPP  fat:  He was tall and thin, with short brown hair.thin arms/legs/lips etc He has long thin hands. Most high school girls say they want to be thinner.as thin as a rake/rail/whippet (=very thin)3hair if someone has thin hair, they do not have a lot of hair:  a thin straggly beard His hair is quite thin on top.4liquid a liquid that is thin flows very easily because it has a lot of water in it OPP  thick:  thin paint5smoke/mist smoke or mist that is thin is easy to see through OPP  thick:  The fog is quite thin in places.6air air that is thin is more difficult to breathe than usual because it has less oxygen in it:  the thinner air high in the mountains7excuse/argument/evidence etc a thin excuse, argument, or evidence is not good or detailed enough to be useful or effective:  Evidence that capital punishment deters crime is pretty thin.8a thin margin/majority etc a very small number or amount of something:  Engle beat Blanchard by a razor-thin margin (=a very small number of votes) in the race for governor.9smile a thin smile does not seem very happy or sincere:  Charlie gave her a thin smile.10voice/sound a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to:  His thin voice trailed off.11the thin end of the wedge British English spoken an expression meaning something that you think is the beginning of a harmful development:  Workers believe the job cuts are just the thin end of the wedge.12be thin on the ground if a particular type of person or thing is thin on the ground, there are very few available:  Taxis seem to be thin on the ground.13be having a thin time (of it) British English spoken to be in a difficult situation, especially one in which you do not have enough money14be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble:  I was on thin ice, and I knew it.15disappear/vanish into thin air to disappear completely in a mysterious way:  Victor and his kidnappers had vanished into thin air.16out of thin air out of nowhere, as if by magic:  It seems like researchers have just pulled the numbers out of thin air.
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thinness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSpersonthin having little fat on your body: · a tall, thin manslim thin in an attractive way: · her slim figure· a slim woman in her fifties· Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: · her long, slender legs· She is slender, with very fair hair.lean thin and looking healthy and fit: · his lean body· He was lean and looked like a runner.skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive: · a skinny teenager· Your arms are so skinny!slight written thin and delicate: · a small, slight girl with big eyesscrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking: · a scrawny kid in blue jeansunderweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: · He had no appetite and remained underweight.gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: · He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: · The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: · The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: · Her daughter is anorexic.· anorexic teenagersobject/materialthin not wide: · a thin slice of cake· a thin layer of ice· The gold was very thin.slim thin, especially in a way that looks attractive: · a slim volume of poetry· a slim mobile phone· a slim wooden boxslender written tall or long and thin, in a way that looks attractive, but is often not very strong: · the slender columns that supported the roof· The spider was hanging by a slender thread.paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper: · The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.· wafer-thin slices of pastry· The petals are paper-thin.
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薄(61%),细(28%),瘦弱(11%)
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