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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。