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♦ thin /ɵɪn/A a.1 sottile; fino; leggero: a thin slice of bread, una sottile fetta di pane; thin air, aria fina (o rarefatta); thin clothes, abiti leggeri; a thin rope, una corda sottile; una funicella2 esile; snello; magro; scarno; smilzo; sparuto: a very thin girl, una ragazza molto esile; The boy is rather thin in the face, il ragazzo ha il volto piuttosto scarno NOTA D'USO: - slim, thin o skinny?-3 rado; fluido; acquoso; scarso: thin mist, nebbia rada; thin hair, capelli radi; a thin soup, una zuppa acquosa (o brodosa); The public was thin, il pubblico era scarso5 (fig.) debole; fiacco; inconsistente: a thin argument [excuse], un argomento [una scusa] inconsistenteB avv.sottile; a fette sottili: to cut the meat thin, tagliare la carne a fette sottili● (geol.) thin-bedded, a strati sottili □ thin broth, brodo lungo □ (elettron.) thin film, film sottile: thin-film circuit, circuito a film sottile □ (teatr.) a thin house, un teatro quasi vuoto □ (fam.) to be thin on the ground, essere raro, scarso □ (fam.: di persona) thin on top, un po' pelato; che sta andando in piazza (fam.) □ thin-skinned, dalla pelle sottile; (fig.) sensibile, suscettibile, permaloso □ (agric.) thin soil, terreno povero □ a thin tale, un racconto privo d'interesse; una storia inverosimile □ as thin as a lath (o as a rake), magro come un chiodo (o come un'acciuga) □ to grow thin, assottigliarsi; dimagrire □ (fam.) to have a thin time, passarsela male.(to) thin /ɵɪn/A v. t.1 assottigliare; affinare; far dimagrire; smagrire2 far diminuire; ridurre: The Black Death of 1348 thinned ( down) the population of England, la Morte Nera del 1348 assottigliò la popolazione dell'InghilterraB v. i.1 assottigliarsi; affinarsi; dimagrire; smagrirsi: You've thinned ( down) a lot lately, di recente sei dimagrito molto2 calare; diminuire; ridursi● to thin down, diluire ( vernici); ridurre in numero; fare dimagrire; ridursi, diminuire, assottigliarsi; dimagrire □ to thin out, diradare, sfoltire ( piante, ecc.); diradarsi; sfoltirsi; ridursi in numero; dimagrire.
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