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/ˈθɪnər/ · /ˈθɪnə/
a liquid, such as , that you add to paint or varnish to make it less thick, so that it is easier to brush on.
稀釋劑
核心畫面
You can think of it as the liquid whose whole job is to make something thinner. Paint straight from the tin is thick and drags on the brush; you pour in a little of this clear, strong-smelling liquid, stir, and the paint and flows. The -er here is not 'more thin' — it names the stuff that does the .
可以想成一瓶「專門負責把東西變稀」的液體。剛開罐的油漆濃稠、刷起來拖手，倒進一點這種味道很衝的透明液體攪一攪，油漆就…更多收起
可以想成一瓶「專門負責把東西變稀」的液體。剛開罐的油漆濃稠、刷起來拖手，倒進一點這種味道很衝的透明液體攪一攪，油漆就鬆開、流得動了。要注意這裡的 -er 不是「比較薄」的那個 -er，而是「做這件事的那個東西」——像 opener 是開的工具，thinner 就是稀釋用的那罐液體。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
thinnernoun/ˈθɪnə(ɹ)/
- 1
A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.
- Turpentine or mineral spirits can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.
- 2
Something that thins or thins out (another thing).
- Pomegranate juice and exercise are great natural blood thinners.
- The new type of mechanical thinner allowed thinning of peach blossoms to be completed earlier.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。