資料來源 : pyDict
稀薄的,微細的,纖細的,脆弱的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tenuous \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See {Thin}, and cf.
{Tenuis}.]
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
資料來源 : WordNet®
tenuous
adj 1: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn: {flimsy}, {slight}, {thin}]
2: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
3: very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"