thinning

Chronically sick pigs often suffer from a partial alopecia characterized by a thinning of the bristles .

慢性病猪通常有局部脱毛，特点是鬃毛变稀疏。

Becky worked in a store doing bookkeeping , while John found work driving a truck and also cutting the flammable undergrowth in the forests (" thinning " them ) for the US National Forest Service .

贝基在一家商店里记账，约翰找到了开卡车的工作，同时为美国国家森林管理局干一份在森林里砍掉易燃矮树丛的工作（让树木变稀疏，也称抚育或间伐）。

Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year .

一年里这个季节顾客很少。

He 's starting to get a little thin on top .

他开始有点谢顶了。

The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil .

尸体被埋藏在薄薄的一层土下面。

He has a large body , but thin legs .

他身宽腿细。

A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall .

墙上出现了许多细裂缝。

Their arguments all sound a little thin to me .

他们的论据我听起来都觉得有点儿缺乏说服力。

She may be thin , but she eats like a horse .

她或许是瘦了点，但吃得却很多。

He was tall and thin , with dark hair .

他又高又瘦，满头黑发。

A thin layer of dust covered everything .

所有的物品上都积了薄薄的一层灰尘。

The plant 's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes .

这种植物的茎上长有绿色细长条纹。

Don 't spread it too thin .

不要涂得太薄。

She came out of the ordeal looking thin and worn .

她经历过这场苦难后显得憔悴不堪。

She was a thin , nervous girl .

她是个瘦削而又胆怯的女孩儿。

Steve is tall and thin and has brown hair .

史蒂夫又高又瘦，长着棕色的头发。

She was very thin , almost to the point of emaciation .

她很瘦，几乎到了憔悴的地步。

Her lips compressed into a thin line .

她的双唇抿成了一道缝。

She 's not thin ─ if anything she 's on the plump side .

她并不瘦——其实她还有点胖呢。

His mouth tightened into a thin line .

他的嘴抿成了一道细缝。

These excuses are wearing a little thin .

这些托词让人听得有点儿腻烦。

He gave a thin smile .

他淡然一笑。

She was looking pale and thin .

她面黄肌瘦。

Cut the meat into thin slices .

把肉切成薄片。

I like my bread sliced thin .

我喜欢吃切成薄片的面包。

The gold is beaten out into thin strips .

金子被锤打成了薄薄的长条。

Cut the vegetables into thin strips .

把菜切成细条。

She 's tall and thin .

她身材高瘦。

At last , a women 's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful .

终于有一家妇女杂志起来推翻瘦即美的神话。

He is as thin as a rake .

他骨瘦如柴。