tenuity

英 [te'njʊɪtɪ] 美 [ten'juːətɪ]

• n. 细；薄；稀薄

英英释义

Noun:

1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width;

   "the tenuity of a hair"
   "the thinness of a rope"
   

2. a rarified quality;

   "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
   

3. the quality of lacking intensity or substance;

   "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"
   

经典引文

• The quick transition from the thickness of the forepart, to the tenuitysthe thin partsbehind.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Air may be expanded to an indefinite degree of tenuity.

  出自： M. F. Maury

• The tenuity of the thread by which his future hung.

  出自： H. James

近反义词

【近义词】

• low density 密度低的
• rarity 稀有
• feebleness 衰弱
• slenderness 细长(细长度)...
• thinness 薄