thin

英 [θ?n] 美[θ?n]

adj. 薄的；瘦的；稀薄的；微弱的
vt. 使瘦；使淡；使稀疏
vi. 變薄；變瘦；變淡
adv. 稀疏地；微弱地
n. 細小部分
n. (Thin)人名；(越)辰；(柬)廷

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第三人稱單數:?thins;過去式:?thinned;過去分詞:?thinned;現在分詞:?thinning;比較級:?thinner;最高級:?thinnest;名詞:?thinness;

中文詞源

thin 薄的，稀疏的

來自古英語 thynne,薄的，來自 Proto-Germanic*thunni,薄的，來自 PIE*ten,延展，拉長，詞源同 extend,tender,tenuous.詞義由拉長引申為細長，薄的，脆弱的等諸多相關詞義。

英文詞源

thin: thin: [OE] Thin denotes etymologically ‘stretched’. It goes back ultimately to the Indo- European base *ten- ‘stretch’, which also produced Latin tenuis ‘thin’ (source of English tenuous) and Latin tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend, tense, etc). From this was descended prehistoric Germanic *thunnuz, which has evolved into German dünn, Dutch dun, Swedish tunn, Danish tynd, and English thin.
=> tend, tense, tenuous
thin (adj.): Old English tynne "narrow, lean, scanty, not dense; fluid, tenuous; weak, poor," from Proto-Germanic *thunni "thin" (cognates: West Frisian ten, Middle Low German dunne, Middle Dutch dunne, Dutch dun, Old High German dunni, German dünn, Old Norse tunnr, Swedish tunn, Danish tynd), from PIE *tnu- "stretched, stretched out" (hence "thin"), from root *ten- "to stretch" (cognates: Latin tenuis "thin, slender;" see tenet).
These our actors ... were all Spirits, and Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre. [Shakespeare, "The Tempest," IV.i.150, 1610]
"Loose or sparse," hence "easily seen through," with figurative extensions. Related: Thinly; thinness. Thin-skinned is attested from 1590s; the figurative sense of "touchy" is from 1670s.
thin (v.): Old English tynnian "to make thin, lessen, dilute," also intransitive, "become thin," from thin (adj.). Intransitive sense of "to become less numerous" is attested from 1743; that of "to become thinner" is recorded from 1804. Compare similarly formed German dünnen, Dutch dunnen. Related: Thinned; thinning.

雙語例句

1. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.: 她又高又瘦，一副精明過人的模樣。

2. He was a tall, thin man with grey hair.: 他是個瘦高個，頭發灰白。

3. She is too thin. Feed her up a bit.: 她太瘦了，把她養胖點。

4. His legs were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk.: 他的雙腿和他龐大身軀的其他部分相比瘦得可憐。

5. Her husband was sympathetic at first but his patience soon wore thin.: 一開始她丈夫還抱以同情，可不久就失去耐心了。

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