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| 1 | thin T to make something smaller in number , amount , or size 使减少；使变稀；缩减 |
| | Sales have decreased and we’ ve decided to thin our workforce. 销售量已经下降，我们决定裁员。 |
| | Police thinned down the crowd. 警方驱散了人群。 |
| | | 1a | I to become smaller in number , amount , or size 变少；变小；变稀 | |
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| 2 | thin T to remove plants, leaves , trees etc so that they do not fill an area or space completely 使稀疏；给…间苗 |
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| 3 | I if someone’ s hair thins, they gradually lose the hair from their head 掉头发；谢顶 |
| | a man with grey thinning hair 头发灰白、正在谢顶的男子 |
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| 4 | T to make a thick liquid become less thick by adding water or another liquid to it 调稀；稀释 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌthin ˈdown |
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| - | ˌthin ˈout |
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