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

• Thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps ( such as clogs or clots).
  浓稠的或凝固成柔软的浓稠的块状物（例如血液凝块）。
• Complex Grease A lubricating grease thickened by a complex soap consisting of a normal soap and a complexing agent.
  复合润滑脂指用复合皂（由普通皂与复合剂组成）行稠化制成的润滑脂。
• 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。
• The arteriolar wall is markedly thickened and the lumen is narrowed.
  动脉壁明显增厚，管腔狭窄。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The evening clouds grew darker; the night mist thickened and the vast fields stretched dimly as far as the eye could see.
  晚霞渐渐暗淡，暮霭沉沉，野旷天低。
• The characteristic feature of the innovative design is the thickened wall in the holding area of the glass.
  这个创新的设计的特点就是加厚了玻璃杯上手抓的部分。
• 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。