thin out

基本解释

Likewise, the giant sequoia redwoods of coastal California rely on periodic fires to thin out the competition and clear the ground and canopy ready for new growth.
同样，加利福尼亚沿岸的红杉林也依靠周期性的火灾来减少物种间的竞争，并为植物的新生清理地面和树荫。
One potential downside is that alpha-hydroxy acids “thin out the epidermis, making it a little more sensitive to being sunburned, ” but not nearly as sensitive as it is to Retin-A, he said.
一个潜在的不利因素是阿尔法羟基酸“使表皮变薄，更加敏感从而易被阳光灼伤，”但它远不及Retin-A带来的敏感程度，他说。
Secondly, those cities that put in place "social distancing" measures, such as isolating patients and their contacts or staggering working hours to thin out rush hour, kept the number of deaths down.
第二，那些采取了“社会距离”措施（诸如隔离患者以及他们的接触者，或者错开工作时间从而减少交通的高峰时间）的城市控制了死亡数量。

A stencil is a thin sheet of metal or plastic out of which a design has been cut.
Things are not "made up" in Frost, "not made up" in the sense of imagined, called up out of thin air, like fairies and elves.
弗罗斯特的诗歌里没有编造，没有想象，像仙女和精灵那样的凭空想象。
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In the biblical text, the firmament appears to be a beaten, The word in Hebrew is something that's been beaten out, Like a metal worker would hammer out a thin sheet of metal.
在《圣经》中，苍穹似乎是被锤打的东西，希伯来语中词语就是被锤平的东西，就像铁匠用锤子把金属打成一块薄片。
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Restoring the forests, in this case, means getting loggers to thin out the trees.
ECONOMIST: Managing the West’s forests