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

• These waves reduce the lung tissue which has been thickened by asthma attacks.
  无线电波可减轻哮喘发作引起的肺组织增厚。
• Several drinks had thickened his voice.
  他喝了几杯酒以后嗓音变得沙哑了。
• Fruiting pedicels slender or thickened and nearly as wide as fruit, erect, ascending, divaricate, or reflexed.
  纤细的或加厚和差不多作为宽作为果，直立，上升，极叉开，或反折的果梗。
• Perhaps her thickened, stiffened body was no longer recognizable from behind.
  也许从背后已无法认出她的发胖僵硬的身子了。
• But the upper shell, called a carapace, was not there, only a thickened backbone and ribs.
  但是背部却没有壳（即没有甲壳），只有增厚的脊椎骨和肋骨。
• Note also the thickened, shortened, and fused chordae tendineae that represent remote rheumatic heart disease.
  注意腱索变厚、缩短、粘连，这是风湿性心脏病的表现。
• Stir until the sauce has thickened.
  不停地搅拌沙司，直到搅稠为止。
• Note the shortened and thickened chordae tendineae.
  注意腱索缩短和变厚了。
• Bulwark plate to be thickened and stiffener to be added in way of mooring hole.
  在设置导缆孔处舷墙板增加板厚和加强筋。
• 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。