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thinner
(a.)thin的比較級稀釋劑
thinner
稀釋劑
Thin·ner n. One who thins, or makes thinner.
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thin
adj 1: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite
or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon
blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" [ant:
thick]
2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin";
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn:
lean] [ant: fat]
3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender]
4: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn: flimsy, slight, tenuous]
5: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: sparse]
6: relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not
viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup";
"skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
[ant: thick]
7: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
[ant: full]
8: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
adv : without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: thinly]
[ant: thickly]
v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: thicken]
2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: thicken]
3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin out, reduce, cut]
4: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim,
slenderize, slim down] [ant: gain]
[also: thinning, thinned, thinnest, thinner]
thinner
n : a diluting agent [syn: dilutant, diluent]