Thinly

(adv.) in a widely distributed manner; 'thinly overgrown mountainside'.

(adv.) in a small quantity or extent; 'spread the margarine thinly over the meat'; 'apply paint lightly'.

(adv.) without viscosity; 'the blood was flowing thin'.

(adv.) without force or sincere effort; 'smiled thinly'.

编辑:梅尔维尔

• But in countries almost waste, or but thinly inhabited, cattle, poultry, game of all kinds, etc. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In Ireland, the inferior ranks of people are still poorer than in Scotland, and many parts of the country are almost as thinly inhabited. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His body was in a trance of exhaustion, his spirit heard thinly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Boil together, spread thinly on manilla paper, place another sheet on top, and when wanted pull them apart and it is ready for use. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I don't know that the arts have a milieu here, any of them; they're more like a very thinly settled outskirt. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He was putting on the dry pair of socks and the whiskey and water in the cup tasted clean and thinly warming. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The few Mahometan families, thinly scattered about the villages in the interior, are afraid to taste meat of any kind. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• His blue-black hair was grey now, and lay thinly over his brows. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Poor people used oiled paper, isinglass, thinly shaved leather, resembling parchment, and thin sheets of soft pale crystalised stone known as talc, and soapstone. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The communication to be transmitted is written upon tin foil, thinly coated with varnish, with a pen dipped in an ink composed of caustic soda and colouring matter. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

校对:赛克