thin，flimsy，cold，indifferent；

[例句] 我们都得排队领取定量配给票证薄。 We all had to queue up for our ration books.

[例句] 把油酥面团擀薄然后切成长条。 Roll out the pastry and cut into narrow strips.

thin，rare，rarefied，wishy-washy，rarefaction ；

[例句] 空气稀薄清新，其间日光蒙眬，寒气逼人。 The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.

[例句] 火星的大气层极其稀薄，几乎全部由二氧化碳构成。 Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide.

sheet，thin layer，seam，thin wall，folium ；

[例句] 薄层状的坚硬的石灰岩山崖正好位于靠盆地一侧. A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.

[例句] 泥质物被许多薄层灰岩所隔开. The mud is interrupted by numerous thin beds of limestone.

sheet metal，sheet，lamina，lamel，lamella ；

[例句] 木料被锯成大块的薄板。 The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer.

[例句] 环并不是看上去那样的固体薄板. The rings are not the solid sheets they appers to be.

[植] Mentha haplocalyx, field mint，mint，peppermint，bergamot （多年生草本， 茎叶可提取薄荷油， 供医药、 食品和化妆品工业用），corn mint ；

[例句] 她是伦敦著名的“薄荷犀牛”夜总会的钢管舞舞者。 She is a pole dancer at London's famous Spearmint Rhino club.

[例句] 据信薄荷叶可以减轻疲劳和鼻塞。 Peppermint leaves are believed to relieve tiredness and nasal stuffiness.

thin film，film，diaphragm，membrane，pellicle ；

[例句] 他们在我们的窗子里面贴了层塑料薄膜。 They put plastic sheeting on the insides of our windows.

[例句] 秧苗上面覆盖着塑料薄膜. The rice seedlings were covered with plastic sheeting.

slice，thin slice，thinsection，scaleboard，flake ；

[例句] 去鱼皮、鱼骨，再把鱼肉片成薄片。 Skin, bone and flake the fish.

[例句] 把鱼煎成薄片。 Fry until the fish flakes.

（待人说话冷酷无情；过分苛求） unkind，harsh，mean，acerbity，asperity ；

[例句] 他为人刻薄、难相处是出了名的。 He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.

[例句] 他对女朋友一直非常刻薄。 He had been behaving very meanly to his girlfriend.

shallow，superficial，meagre，limited，flimsiness ；

[例句] 他选择的主题被认为是浅薄的。 His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.

[例句] 这些人在压力下会显得浅薄无知、操之过急，而且爱摆布人。 Under stress these people will appear to be superficial, over-eager and manipulative.

chiffon，cable net，bridal net，grenadine，gauze ；

[例句] 她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。 She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.

[例句] 温斯顿透过薄纱窗帘,心不在焉地盯着窗外. Winston gazed abstractedly through the muslin curtain.

[书] （傍晚） toward evening，at nightfall，at dusk，twilight，dewfall ；

[例句] 薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味. Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.

[例句] 薄暮被萤火虫点缀得金光闪闪. The dusk was gilded with fireflies.

reduction ；

[例句] 峰值间的距离随厚度的减薄而增大. The distance between peaks increases as the thickness is reduced.

[例句] 液膜相对减薄率随着电压的增加而增加. The relative reduction rate of the thickness increased with increasing voltage.

attenuation，pinch，pinchout，pinching-out ；

[例句] 石膏与岩盐则逐渐变薄或完全被溶解掉. Gypsum and halite are simply thinned or removed altogether.

[例句] 例如松弛, 上唇出现唇纹, 嘴唇变薄. For example, relaxation, upper lip appeared lip wrinkles, thinning lips.

filmy，gauzy，[医] gracile，papery，sparse ；

[例句] 取一张擀得很薄的油酥面皮，上面刷上一层熔化的牛油。 Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter.

[例句] 手边备一件薄的套头毛衣或开襟毛衫。 Keep handy a lightweight sweater or cardigan.

menthol，[化] mentha camphor，menthanol ；

[例句] 目的建立毛细管气相色谱法测定薄荷脑醑中薄荷脑的含量. Objective To a method for determination of mentholatum in menthol spirit.

[例句] 水杨酸甲酯、薄荷脑、松节油 、 桉叶油、丁香油、肉桂油 、 麝香草酚 、 樟脑. Oleum OleumOleum Caryophylli , Oleum Cinnamomi, Mentholum , Camphorum , methyl salicylate, thymol.

pancake，blintze，blintz，chapatty，hot cake ；

[例句] 在每个薄煎饼上摊上一些馅。 Spread some of the filling over each pancake.

[例句] 薄煎饼系由蛋、面粉、牛奶等和成的糊状物做成. Pancakes are made from batter.

thin paper，tissue ；

[例句] “ 她用薄纸包着放在她的梳妆台上. ” 'she had it wrapped in tissue paper on her bureau. "

[例句] 版画裹在一张薄纸里. The engraving was rolling up in a sheet of tissue paper.

mist，haze，reek，film，gauze ；

[例句] 透过薄雾他认出了那是英格兰的海岸线。 He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist.

[例句] 街灯透过夜晚的薄雾隐约泛出亮光。 The street lamps gleamed dully through the night'smist.

striffen，striffin，striffon，film，pellicle ；

[例句] 每瓣蒜外面的薄皮都要留着。 Leave each garlic clove in its papery skin.

[例句] 你喜欢米制布丁上面那层薄皮 吗 ? Do you like skin on your rice pudding?

menthene，pennyroyal，[化] mint oil，oil of peppermint ；

[例句] 如果想提神，不要吃巧克力或者喝咖啡，试试薄荷油。 When you crave a pick-me-up, don't reach for chocolate or coffee — try peppermint oil instead.

[例句] 薄荷油能很有效地调节消化系统失调。 Peppermint oil is very good for regulating digestive disorders.