thickening

英 [ˈθɪkənɪŋ]

美 [ˈθɪkənɪŋ]

v.  (使)变厚，变浓，变稠
thicken的现在分词

现在分词：thickening　复数：thickenings　

化学

BNC.25779 / COCA.27061

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

noun

• the act of thickening
  Synonym:inspissation
• any thickened enlargement
  Synonym:nodeknob
• any material used to thicken
  1. starch is used in cooking as a thickening
  Synonym:thickener

adj

• becoming more intricate or complex
  1. a thickening plot

双语例句

• Long-term sun exposure can eventually cause skin cancer, as well as skin wrinkling and thickening.
  长期在阳光下的曝晒最终可能导致皮肤癌，也容易导致皮肤皱折和变厚。
• Abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue.
  组织不正常的变厚或硬化。
• With thickening oil-tank cover-board, it makes acting noise of oil pump and solenoid valve smaller.
  加厚的油箱盖板使油泵和电磁阀的动作噪音更小。
• This was characterized by marked skin thickening and the disappearance of pseudoscars, hemorrhage and visible superficial vessels.
  这些情况通过皮肤厚度以及假瘢痕、出血和可见的表浅血管消失进行量化评分。
• In sarcoidosis, nodular interlobular septal thickening reflects the presence of interstitial granulomas.
  在结节病，结节样的小叶间隔增厚反映的是间质的小肉芽肿。
• Secondary vascular tissue, found only in plants with secondary thickening, develops from the vascular cambium.
  次生维管组织由维管形成层发育而来，仅存在于有次生加厚的植物中。
• Nodular thickening of interlobular septa can be seen in lymphangitic carcinomatosis, sarcoidosis, and silicosis.
  结节状小叶间隔增厚可见于癌性淋巴管炎、结节病和硅肺。
• Mesenchymal alterations include thickening of the basal lamina, smooth muscle hyperplasia, fibrosis and inflammatory cell accumulation.
  间质的改变，包括基底层增厚，平滑肌增生，纤维化和炎症细胞的积累。
• Both bowel-wall thickening and luminal dilatation were the early findings;
  肠壁增厚和肠腔扩张、积液亦属较早期征象；
• We have understand that the thickening time and the application level of retardant have do with its molecular structure.
  明确了缓凝剂对浆体稠化时间的影响程度及适用温度范围与自身分子结构有密切关系。