thin out

まばらになる、少なくなる

数が減ったり、互いの間隔が広がったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To become fewer in number or less closely packed together.

• The crowd began to thin out.
• Traffic thinned out after the rush hour.
• The trees thin out as you climb higher.

類義語： thin, dwindle

反対語： thicken

よく使う表現： crowds thin out, traffic thin out, trees thin out

間引く

密集した植物などの一部を取り除き、残りに場所を空けること。

やさしい英語で： To remove some things from a crowded group, especially plants, so the others have more space.

• Thin out the young plants.
• We thinned the carrots out yesterday.
• Should I thin out these branches to let more light through?

使い方： thin out something (Thin out the seedlings so they have room to grow.)

類義語： thin, reduce

よく使う表現： thin out seedlings, thin something out, thin out plants