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1 bald adj
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2 recede
[rɪ'siːd]1) recedere, indietreggiare; [ tide] abbassarsi; fig. [hope, memory, prospect] svanire; [ threat] attenuarsi; [ prices] scendere* * *[ri'si:d]1) (to go or move back: When the rain stopped, the floods receded; His hair is receding from his forehead.) ritirarsi; ricadere su2) (to become distant: The coast receded behind us as we sailed away.) allontanarsi* * *[rɪ'siːd] -
3 thin
I 1. [θɪn]1) (in width) [nose, lips, stick, wall, line] sottile; [string, wire] fine; [ strip] stretto2) (in depth) [slice, layer, paper] sottile; [fabric, garment] sottile, leggero; [ mist] leggero3) (in consistency) [ mud] acquoso; [mixture, oil] fluido; [ soup] lungo, leggero; [ sauce] brodoso; [ liquid] diluito, acquoso4) (lean) [person, face] magro5) (in tone) (high-pitched) acuto; (weak) debole6) (sparse) [ population] scarso; [ crowd] rado, esiguo; [ hair] radoto wear thin — [joke, excuse] essere trito
8) [ air] rarefatto2.••to be thin on the ground — essercene pochissimi, essere più unico che raro
II 1. [θɪn] 2.to get thin on top — (bald) diventare pelato
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - nn-) (anche thin out) [fog, mist, hair] diradarsi; [ crowd] disperdersi- thin out* * *[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) sottile2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) magro3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) acquoso4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) rado5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) debole, inconsistente2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) diradarsi; dimagrire- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out* * *I 1. [θɪn]1) (in width) [nose, lips, stick, wall, line] sottile; [string, wire] fine; [ strip] stretto2) (in depth) [slice, layer, paper] sottile; [fabric, garment] sottile, leggero; [ mist] leggero3) (in consistency) [ mud] acquoso; [mixture, oil] fluido; [ soup] lungo, leggero; [ sauce] brodoso; [ liquid] diluito, acquoso4) (lean) [person, face] magro5) (in tone) (high-pitched) acuto; (weak) debole6) (sparse) [ population] scarso; [ crowd] rado, esiguo; [ hair] radoto wear thin — [joke, excuse] essere trito
8) [ air] rarefatto2.••to be thin on the ground — essercene pochissimi, essere più unico che raro
II 1. [θɪn] 2.to get thin on top — (bald) diventare pelato
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - nn-) (anche thin out) [fog, mist, hair] diradarsi; [ crowd] disperdersi- thin out
См. также в других словарях:
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