Good science teachers are thin on the ground.

优秀的理科教师屈指可数。

Taxis seem very thin on the ground tonight—I will have to walk.

今晚出租车似乎非常少, 我得步行了。

She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.

夏天她应该穿薄点的衬衫。

Will you keep on the course of exercises until you are thinner?

你要继续这项训练直到身体瘦下来为止吗?

It stands to reason that the less you eat, the thinner you get.

吃得越少，人就越瘦，这是明摆着的。

The clay is very stiff; we must make it thinner with water.

这粘土非常稠, 我们须用水使它变得。

She was still sitting before the looking-glass with a peignoir thrown over her thin shoulders.

她还坐在镜台前件宽大的罩衫在自己消瘦的肩上。

Spread some flour on the table and roll the pastry out very thin.

在桌上撒粉皮弄得薄点。

She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.

她看上去又老又瘦, 脸颊凹陷, 眼圈发黑。

He managed to acquire a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his real ignorance.

他设法装出有点知识的外表，用来掩饰自己的无知。

Nails are thin horny growths at the ends of the fingers.

指甲是生长在手指头尖端的细薄角质物。

The margin of safety has grown thin.

安全系数已变小了。

The color is lavender, thinner than ruddily of love, thicker than pink of unrequited love.

暧昧是淡紫色的，比赤红色的热恋淡点，比粉红色的暗恋浓点。

I don't like skating; moreover, the ice is too thin.

我不喜欢溜冰，而且冰也太薄。

I don't like skating, moreover, the ice is too thin.

我不喜欢滑冰, 而且冰又太薄。

I don't want to go skating and, moreover, the ice is too thin.

我不想去滑冰, 再说, 冰也太薄了。

They thinned out a stand to create a lush forest tomorrow.

他们除去了林场中多余的树木, 以利来日森林长得更茂密。

The pendant was hanging by a thin gold chain.

那耳环是由根细金链子吊着的。

Towards the city limits the houses begin to thin out.

靠近城市尽头的地方房屋渐渐少起来。

All the menfolk(s) in his family are little, thin people.

他家中所有的男人都又矮又瘦。