英文英文字典

英文英文字典

古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典

字典
Thimbleweed (n.)
Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.
Thin (superl.)
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
Thin (superl.)
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
Thin (superl.)
Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
Thin (superl.)
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Thin (superl.)
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
Thin (superl.)
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Thin (superl.)
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
Thin (adv.)
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
Thin (v. t.)
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Thin (v. i.)
To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.
Thin-skinned (a.)
Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
Thine (pron. & a.)
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
Thing (n.)
Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
Thing (n.)
An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
Thing (n.)
A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
Thing (n.)
A portion or part; something.
Thing (n.)
A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
Thing (n.)
Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
Thing (n.)
Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.