thinly
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++thin·ly /ˈθɪnli/ ●●○ adverb 1 THIN OBJECT OR MATERIALin a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces 很薄地 OPP thickly thinly sliced bread 切得很薄的面包片2 FEW/NOT MANYscattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between 稀疏地 Sow the radish seeds thinly. 把萝卜籽撒播得稀一些。 The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands. 山区比低地人烟稀少。3 thinly disguised/veiled BAD ATif something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is 伪装/隐瞒得不够巧妙的；很容易识破的 He looked at Frank’s new car with thinly veiled envy. 他带着掩饰不住的嫉妒看着弗兰克的新车。Examples from the Corpus
thinly• The rest were spread rather thinly across the categories of employment listed in Table 4.11.• She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble.• Quickly pour into the 2 buttered pans and spread thinly over entire surface of each.• Peel maincrop potatoes thinly, preferably using a potato peeler.• thinly sliced carrots• Pair the rounds with steamed red cabbage and thinly sliced zucchini.• thinly traded stocks• Mayli just smiled thinly, weakly.• Peel the ginger, slice thinly with the grain, and cut the slices lengthwise into thin shreds.thinly populated• Both are thinly populated areas far from departure and arrival points presently used by local commuters.• Caledor Caledor is a thinly populated, mountainous realm to the west of Eataine.• Formerly the Amazon region was more thinly populated than the Sahara, containing perhaps some 50000 people, and importing food.• Surface waters in contact with melting ice tend to be very thinly populated with zooplankton.thin·ly adverbChineseSyllable
a that a between small way has in distance Corpus very
thinly
thin‧ly /ˈθɪnli/
adverb1. in a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces
OPP thickly:
thinly sliced bread
2. scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between:
Sow the radish seeds thinly.
The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.
3. thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is:
He looked at Frank’s new car with thinly veiled envy.
thin‧ly /ˈθɪnli/
adverb1. in a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces OPP thickly:
2. scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between:
3. thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is:
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