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 snow thickened as night fell.
  随着夜幕降临，雪积得更厚了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nodules, thickened gastric folds, and polypoid lesions with or without ulceration are common imaging findings.
  结节状的凸起，变厚的胃皱摺或息肉般的病灶并随著溃疡的有或无是常见的影像学表现。
• 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。
• Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed.
  各种软的加糖的甜点，通常用面粉增稠，然后烘焙、煮或蒸。
• Sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs.
  用甜巧克力调味的奶油冻似的布丁，通常用面粉而不用鸡蛋增稠。
• 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）。
• 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。