paper-thin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpaper-ˈthin adjective THIN OBJECT OR MATERIALvery thin 薄如纸的，极薄的 paper-thin walls 非常薄的墙壁► see thesaurus at thin
Examples from the Corpus
paper-thin• By the early 1950s the claim that agriculture saved valuable foreign exchange was already paper-thin.• Slice the ginger paper-thin and scatter it, along with the onion slices, over the fish.• Her sophistication was paper-thin, and underneath she was just a very young, and probably over-protected, girl.• The wrinkled skin was stretched tightly over the bones, paper-thin, blue-shadowed over pink crêpe.• The walls in this apartment are paper-thin; I can hear everything they're saying next door.• With his brother he invented a paper-thin malt flavoured toasted flake of maize - the Corn Flake.• This is made of paper-thin material pierced by a number of small lenses.• Lunch is a sparse plate of sandwiches with salmon paste or paper-thin processed turkey roll.• paper-thin slices of raw beef• Suddenly, hideously, the world had become a mask - a paper-thin veil behind which lay another nightmare world.ˌpaper-ˈthin adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus thin very
paper-thin
ˌpaper-ˈthin
adjective
very thin:
paper-thin walls
■ object/material
▪thin not wide: a thin slice of cake | a thin layer of ice | The gold was very thin.
▪slim thin, especially in a way that looks attractive: a slim volume of poetry | a slim mobile phone | a slim wooden box
▪slender written tall or long and thin, in a way that looks attractive, but is often not very strong: the slender columns that supported the roof | The spider was hanging by a slender thread.
▪paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper: The walls of the apartment were paper-thin. | wafer-thin slices of pastry | The petals are paper-thin.
ˌpaper-ˈthin
adjectivevery thin:
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