Tenuous

(adj.) very thin in gauge or diameter; 'a tenuous thread' .

(adj.) having thin consistency; 'a tenuous fluid' .

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• That vision, faint and tenuous as it was, had kept him from thinking of other women. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It was extremely tenuous and only noticeable against the opening which led to daylight. 埃德加·赖斯·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. 十九世纪发明进展.

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