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thin: 人が「やせている」ことを表す最も一般的な語
slim: 魅力的にやせていることをいい, 通例女性, 時に男性に〘ほめて〙 用いる
slender: 通例女性が魅力的かつ優美にやせていることを示し, 〘主に書〙 で〘ほめて〙 用いる
lean: ぜい肉がなく, 筋肉質であることをいい, 〘主に書〙 で通例〘ほめて〙 用いる
skinny: 〘くだけて〙 で, 見ていて不快でみっともないほどやせていることをいい, 通例〘けなして〙
underweight: 主に人が標準体重に達しておらずやせて健康でないことをいい, thinの婉曲語として〘しばしばけなして〙 用いる
adjective (thinner, thinnest)
1. having opposite surfaces or sides close together; of little thickness or depth:
〈物が〉薄い; 〈紙･布などが〉薄手の(↔ thick)
e.g. thin slices of bread.
(of a garment or other knitted or woven item) made of light material for coolness or elegance.
(of a garment) having had a considerable amount of fabric worn away.
(of script or type) consisting of narrow lines:
〈針金･線などが〉細い(↔ thick)
e.g. tall, thin lettering.
2. (of a person) having little, or too little, flesh or fat on their body:
〈人･動物が〉やせて, 〈手･足･まゆが〉細い, 〈唇が〉薄い, 〈顔が〉(病気で)やせ細った(↔ fat) (!｟米｠ ではslimと同様に｟ほめて｠ 用いることもあるが, ｟英｠ では中立的または｟けなして｠ 用い, やせすぎであることを暗示)
e.g. she was painfully thin.
3. having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled; sparse:
〈群衆などが〉まばらな, 閑散とした
e.g. a depressingly thin crowd
〈髪などが〉薄い, まばらな; 〈葉などが〉茂っていない
e.g. his hair was going thin.
not dense:
〈霧･煙などが〉薄い; 〈空気･気体が〉薄い, 希薄な
e.g. the thin cold air of the mountains.
Climbing denoting a route on which the holds are small or scarce.
4. containing much liquid and not much solid substance:
〈液体が〉薄い, 水っぽい, 〈酒が〉弱い
e.g. thin soup.
5. too weak to justify a result or effect; inadequate:
〈議論･説明などが〉説得力のない, 内容の薄い; 〈情報が〉(量の)乏しい, 大ざっぱな
e.g. the evidence is rather thin.
(of a sound) faint and high-pitched:
〈声･音が〉か細い
e.g. a thin, reedy little voice.
(of a smile) weak and forced.
(笑みが)作りものの
adverb often in combination
with little thickness or depth:
薄く, 細く〈切るなど〉
e.g. cut it as thin as possible
e.g. thin-sliced ham.
verb (thins, thinning, thinned)
1. make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous:
…の数［量］を減らす; 〈群衆など〉をまばらにする
e.g. with object : the remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks
〈群衆･木などが〉まばらになる(out)
e.g. no object : the trees began to thin out
e.g. (as adjective thinning) : thinning hair.
with object remove some plants from (a row or area) to allow the others more room to grow:
〈木など〉を間引く(out)
e.g. thin out overwintered rows of peas.
make or become weaker or more watery:
〈液体･気体〉を薄める(down)
e.g. with object : if the soup is too thick, add a little water to thin it down
〈液体･気体が〉薄くなる(down)
e.g. no object : the blood thins.
2. make or become smaller in width or thickness:
〈物〉を薄く［細く］する; 〈人〉をやせさせる(down)
e.g. with object : their effect in thinning the ozone layer is probably slowing the global warming trend
〈物が〉薄く［細く］なる; 〈人が〉やせる(down)
e.g. no object : the trees have thinned and diminished in size.
3. with object Golf hit (a ball) above its center.
PHRASES
on thin ice
see ice.
thin air
used to refer to the state of being invisible or nonexistent:
e.g. she just vanished into thin air
e.g. they seemed to pluck numbers out of thin air.
the thin blue line
informal used to refer to the police, typically in the context of situations of civil unrest.
thin end of the wedge
see wedge1.
thin on top
informal balding.
DERIVATIVES
thinnish |ˈTHiniSH| adjective
ORIGIN
Old English thynne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dun and German dünn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tenuis.