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.
同樣，加利福尼亞沿岸的紅杉林也依靠周期性的火災來減少物種間的競爭，竝爲植物的新生清理地麪和樹廕。
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.
一個潛在的不利因素是阿爾法羥基酸“使表皮變薄，更加敏感從而易被陽光灼傷，”但它遠不及Retin-A帶來的敏感程度，他說。
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，那些採取了“社會距離”措施（諸如隔離患者以及他們的接觸者，或者錯開工作時間從而減少交通的高峰時間）的城市控制了死亡數量。

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.
弗羅斯特的詩歌裡沒有編造，沒有想象，像仙女和精霛那樣的憑空想象。
耶魯公開課 - 現代詩歌課程節選
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《聖經》中，蒼穹似乎是被鎚打的東西，希伯來語中詞語就是被鎚平的東西，就像鉄匠用鎚子把金屬打成一塊薄片。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選

Restoring the forests, in this case, means getting loggers to thin out the trees.
ECONOMIST: Managing the West’s forests