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

• 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。
• The snow thickened as night fell.
  随着夜幕降临，雪积得更厚了。
• The thickened mucus can affect many organs and body systems, including the sinuses and lungs, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, intestines, and reproductive and sweat glands.
  粘稠的液体能影响许多器官和系统的功能，包括呼吸道和肺、胰腺、肝、胆囊、小肠、生殖道和汗腺。
• Sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded.
  甜的、杏仁调味的牛奶布丁，用凝胶或玉米淀粉增稠；通常用模子做成。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• These greater omentum lesions appeared as characteristics of thickened, shifted and peculiar? echo.
  声像图特征：大网膜趋向于病变部位，且发生厚度、形态和回声改变。
• 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。
• 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。