thinning

1. ADJ-GRADED 窄的;细的
   Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.
   1. A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
      一根细电缆将信号传送给一台计算机。
   2. James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
      詹姆斯面部瘦削，轮廓分明，容易过敏。
2. ADJ-GRADED (人、动物)瘦的
   A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body .
   1. He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
      他是个瘦高个，头发灰白。
   2. He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
      他个头瘦小，肤色苍白。
3. ADJ-GRADED (纸、布等)薄的
   Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
   1. ...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
      一本用纸轻薄、字体精细的蓝皮小书
   2. A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
      薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。
4. ADJ-GRADED (液体)稀的，淡的
   Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.
   1. The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
      汤又稀又清，味道却出奇地浓。
   2. They are stirring huge pots of rice and thin vegetable soup over a fire made of charcoal.
      他们搅动着架在木炭火堆上的大罐米饭和蔬菜清汤。
5. ADJ-GRADED (人群、观众)稀少的，稀疏的
   A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.
   1. The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
      比赛前半段观众还稀稀拉拉的，这时明显增多了。
6. ADJ-GRADED (微笑)冷淡的，牵强的，不幽默的
   A thin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous.
   1. All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
      她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。
7. ADJ-GRADED (衣物)薄的，单薄的
   Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
   1. Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
      她的礼服很薄，浑身在发抖，一半是冻的。
8. ADJ-GRADED (论点、解释)浅薄的，不足信的，说服力差的
   If you describe an argument or explanation as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
   1. However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
      然而，这个证据难以令人信服，而且有点模棱两可。
   2. Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems a thin argument against reform.
      就算乐观主义者的理论是对的，还是不足以阻止改革的进行。
9. ADJ-GRADED (声音)尖声尖气的，尖细的
   A voice or sound that is thin is high-pitched and not very loud.
   1. Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
      她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
10. ADJ-GRADED (头发)稀疏的
    If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.
    1. She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
       她把一头稀疏的浅黄色头发向后梳，挽成了个圆髻。
11. V-ERG (使)变稀疏
    When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
    1. 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疏剪树木，会比一下子疏剪完效果好。
    2. By midnight the crowd had thinned.
       半夜时分，人群渐渐散去了。
    3. Thin out means the same as thin .
       thin out 同 thin
    4. NATO will continue to thin out its forces...
       北约将继续缩减兵力。
    5. When the crowd began to thin out, I realized that most of the food was still there...
       人群渐渐散去的时候，我意识到大多数食物基本没人动过。
    6. Further up the river, the vineyards start to thin out and the orange groves and almond trees take over.
       继续溯流而上，葡萄园开始淡去，柑橘园和杏树多了起来。
12. VERB 使（调味汁或液体）变稀薄;使变淡
    To thin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.
    1. It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
       可能有必要将酱汁稍稍稀释一下。
    2. Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
       阿司匹林可以稀释血液，使其在变窄的血管里更顺畅地流动。
    3. Thin down means the same as thin .
       thin down 同 thin
    4. Thin down your mayonnaise with soured cream or natural yoghurt.
       用酸奶油或原味酸奶稀释蛋黄酱。
    5. ...an oil-based paint that was thinned down with white spirit.
       用石油溶剂油稀释了的油性油漆
13. 他的头发开始脱落，皮肤也老化了。 → see: His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
14. PHRASE (耐心等)消磨掉，耗尽
    If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
    1. Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
       议会还没有着手应对日益严重的经济危机，公众日渐失去了耐心。
15. on thin ice → see: ice

1. The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.
   鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。
2. Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.
   埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。
3. His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
   他的头发开始脱落，皮肤也老化了。
4. It is generally accepted that thinning of the blood reduces the chances of thrombosis.
   一般认为，稀释血液可降低血栓形成的可能性。
5. Her hair is thinning out.
   她的头发稀落了。
6. But thinning of oxynitride, or sion, gate dielectric is at the end of the road.
   不过继续缩小氮氧化硅栅介电层厚度的道路仍然走到了尽头。
7. The trees may be cut as a part of a silvicultural thinning.
   这些树木可以被砍掉作为造林疏伐的一部分。
8. Fingerprint Preprocess includes Fingerprint Foreground Extraction, Image Enhancement and Thinning.
   预处理部分涉及到指纹有效区域的提取、指纹图的增强和指纹细化。
9. I think the gravy needs thinning a bit.
   我想肉卤需要稍微稀释一下。
10. Stylist: Of course. I just have to use this pair of thinning shears, see?
    发型师：当然。我用这副哑剪就搞定了，你看！
11. The key techniques in this system includes wavelet analysis, image thinning, pixel tracing.
    其关键技术包括小波分析，图像细化和象素跟踪。
12. The local thinning is called waisting or necking.
    这种局部变薄现象叫做腰缩或颈缩。
13. Kelly: Can you use the thinning shears on top, too?
    凯莉：你也可以在上面用打薄剪吗？
14. Study on thinning to Robinia pseudoacacia forest on the Loess plateau.
    黄土高原刺槐林间伐改造研究。
15. This paper describes a novel algorithm of thinning band images for fast recognition.
    为了对带状图像进行快速的识别，提出了一种新的带状图像细化算法。
16. He ran a hand through his thinning hair.
    他用手理了理自己越来越稀的头发。
17. First, at present there is no simple solution to allow the thinning of thick eyelid.
    第一，目前是没有非常简单的办法让厚眼睑变薄的。
18. It can reduce thinning rate greatly, ensure precision of key dimensions, reduce the mold test times and improve the efficiency.
    该工艺方案减小了零件变薄率，保证了零件关键尺寸的精度，减少了试模次数，提高了效率。
19. This algorithm effectively solves contradiction between space and time about thinning image and speeds thinning image.
    算法有效地解决了大幅图像细化处理的时空矛盾，提高了大幅图像的细化速度。
20. Study on flower and fruit thinning effectiveness of NAA for Chinese scholartree
    萘乙酸对国槐疏花疏果作用研究分析
21. The paper mainly discusses vectorization based on thinning of line drawing.
    论文主要讨论了基于细化的线划图的矢量化方法。
22. Thinning, one of the breeding technologies of eucalyptus big-diameter wood, and its economic effects were studied.
    本文就桉树大径材培育技术-间伐控制对桉树林分生长和经济效益进行分析。
23. A new hypothesis for explaining crustal thickening and significant lithospheric thinning in the Jurassic in eastern China is proposed.
    对中国东部侏罗纪时期地壳增厚和岩石圈显著变薄的现象，提出一个新的形成机制假说。
24. The paste has the rheological characteristics of slurry, such as thixotropism and shear thinning.
    膏体具有料浆的触变性和剪切变稀等流变特征。
25. In this paper, one corneal contour extraction algorithm based on the fusion of the adaptive thresholding and thinning algorithm is presented.
    提出了一种基于动态域值选择和细化算法的角膜细胞轮廓抽取算法。
26. In this paper, the coherence cube technology and graph thinning technology of image processing are introduced.
    简要介绍了相干体技术和细线化技术。
27. Thinning and shading experiments have confirmed this.
    疏伐和遮光试验已证实这种情况。
28. But they have not considered that some glaciers are also thinning.
    但是它们没有考虑到一些冰川也正在减少。
29. Abstract: A practical parallel thinning algorithm is discussed in this paper, and thinning templates and conditions are analyzed.
    文摘：介绍一种实用并行细化算法，对细化模板和细化条件作了分析。
30. Effects of Thinning Flower and Fruit on Fruit Weight and Yield of Chinese gooseberry
    疏花疏果对猕猴桃果实大小和产量的影响

noun

1. the act of diluting something
   1. the cutting of whiskey with water
   2. the thinning of paint with turpentine

   Synonym:    cutting