Tenuous
['tenjʊəs] or ['tɛnjuəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) very thin in gauge or diameter; 'a tenuous thread' .
(adj.) having thin consistency; 'a tenuous fluid' .
艾维斯編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Thin; slender; small; minute.
(a.) Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
(a.) Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
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例句/造句/用法:
- That vision, faint and tenuous as it was, had kept him from thinking of other women. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It was extremely tenuous and only noticeable against the opening which led to daylight. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Air is more dense at the surface of the earth, and becomes continually more rarified as the altitude increases, until it becomes an indefinitely tenuous ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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