thickened

英 [ˈθɪkənd]

美 [ˈθɪkənd]

v.  (使)变厚，变浓，变稠
thicken的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：thickened　过去式：thickened　

BNC.34483 / COCA.30124

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)(液体)变浓稠
  When youthickena liquid or when itthickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid.
  1. Thicken the broth with the cornflour...
     加玉米面使汤变稠。
  2. Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
     不停地搅，一直搅到调味汁变稠。
• VERB 变密集;变浓密
  If somethingthickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before.
  1. The crowds around him began to thicken...
     他四周的人群密集起来。
  2. As the ice sheet grows and thickens it chills the nearby air.
     随着冰盖越来越大，越来越厚，周围的空气也冷了起来。
• PHRASE 情况愈发复杂起来
  People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
  1. 'Find anything?' he asked. 'Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said.
     “有什么发现没有？”他问。“嗯，情况越来越复杂了，”我说。

英英释义

adj

• made or having become thick
  1. thickened bronchial arteries
• made thick in consistency
  1. flour-thickened gravy
  2. dust-thickened saliva
• having calluses
  1. calloused skin
  2. with a workman's callous hands
  Synonym:callousedcallous

双语例句

• The arteriolar wall is markedly thickened and the lumen is narrowed.
  动脉壁明显增厚，管腔狭窄。
• Note the shortened and thickened chordae tendineae.
  注意腱索缩短和变厚了。
• This soup needs to be thickened up with some flour; it's so watery.
  这个汤太清了，需要再加些面粉弄稠一些。
• The snow thickened as night fell.
  随着夜幕降临，雪积得更厚了。
• There is hollow in the thickened wall of a uterus into which the placenta grows.
  在变厚的子宫壁上有一凹处，胎盘就长在里面。
• Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.
  东半球和美洲热带头大、眼大并在拂晓、傍晚或夜间活动的滨鸟，膝关节粗壮。
• Up close, the objects assume primacy; from afar, the shelving system creates a thickened field.
  截至收盘时，承担的首要对象，从遥远的地方，搁置系统创建了一个加厚领域。
• Stir in reserved chopped apricot and gently simmer, stirring, until syrup is deep brown and slightly thickened.
  加入剩下的杏子碎末并慢炖，搅拌，直至糖浆变成深棕色并变的浓稠。
• Also her face had become swollen because of the slaps, and her puffy lips thickened her speech.
  还有个原因就是她的脸给打肿了，她那肿胀的嘴唇也使她口齿不清。
• Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
  有能够吮吸的嘴、变厚的前翅和类似皮革的腹底的昆虫；通常表现为不完全的蜕变。