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Looking a little sparse
Top 5.000 (recht häufig)
Thin
Top 1.000 (sehr häufig)A2adjective
Am häufigsten: Thin
| Looking a little sparse | Thin | |
|---|---|---|
| Aussprache | 🇬🇧 //ˈlʊkɪŋ ə ˈlɪtəl spɑːs//🇺🇸 //ˈlʊkɪŋ ə ˈlɪtəl spɑrs// | 🇬🇧 /["/θɪn/"]/🇺🇸 /["/θɪn/"]/ |
| Bedeutung | Not enough of something; too few elements or people. | Not thick; having little width or depth. |
| Beispiel | The decorations for the party were looking a little sparse, needing more colors. | The ice on the pond is too thin to skate on. |
| Register | Neutral | Neutral |
| Wie häufig | Top 5.000 (recht häufig) | Top 1.000 (sehr häufig) |
| CEFR-Niveau | - | A2 |
| Wortart | adjective | |
| Kollokationen | looking sparse, sparse vegetation, sparse attendance, sparse population, sparse data | be, look, seem, extremely, fairly, very, be, seem, become, extremely, fairly, very, spread something (too) thin, stretch something (too) thin, thin on the ground |
| Antonyme | - | thick, fat, bulky |
| Häufige Fehler | Used too frequently to describe non-physical things., Confused with 'thin' which has different connotations., Overgeneralized to all situations where something is 'lacking'. | Confused with 'slim' which has positive connotations for people., Omitting 'thin' when describing the texture of food (e.g., 'thin sauce' not just 'sauce')., Using 'thinnest' when describing comparative aspects incorrectly. |
| Hinweise zur Verwendung | Commonly used to describe situations where there is a lack of quantity, like decor or attendance. It can be informal; avoid in very formal contexts. | Use 'thin' to describe something that is not wide or thick. It can refer to physical objects, like a thin book, or describe a person. In informal contexts, it can sometimes have negative connotations if used to describe a person's body. |
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Häufige Fragen: Looking a little sparse vs Thin
Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Looking a little sparse und Thin?
Looking a little sparse: Not enough of something; too few elements or people. Thin: Not thick; having little width or depth.
Was ist häufiger: Looking a little sparse und Thin?
Thin ist im Alltagsenglisch am häufigsten.
Kannst du zu jedem ein Beispiel zeigen?
Looking a little sparse: The decorations for the party were looking a little sparse, needing more colors. Thin: The ice on the pond is too thin to skate on.
Kann ich Looking a little sparse und Thin austauschbar verwenden?
Nicht immer. Looking a little sparse und Thin sind verwandt und überschneiden sich teils, unterscheiden sich aber in Register, Häufigkeit und Verwendung, sodass ein Austausch die Bedeutung oder den Ton ändern kann. Sieh dir die Unterschiede oben an, bevor du eines ersetzt.