wafer-thin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌwafer-ˈthin adjective THIN OBJECT OR MATERIALextremely thin 极薄的 wafer-thin chocolates 薄片巧克力► see thesaurus at thin
Examples from the Corpus
wafer-thin• Profits on each individual computer are wafer-thin.• No Government could continue on so wafer-thin a majority.• It was a wafer-thin majority for a Prime Minister who had invested everything in its outcome.• Wings, made of plates of wafer-thin metal, sprouted from a large dome on each android's back.• wafer-thin slices of cucumberˌwafer-ˈthin adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus thin extremely
wafer-thin
ˌwafer-ˈthin
adjective
extremely thin:
wafer-thin chocolates
■ 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.
ˌwafer-ˈthin
adjectiveextremely thin:
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