thicken
美音:
[´θıkən
]英音:
[´θıkən
]v.(使)变厚,(使)变粗,(使)变浓
难易程度:
thicken为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:thickener 动词过去式:thickened 过去分词:thickened 现在分词:thickening 第三人称单数:thickens
近义词, 同义词
thicken
/'θɪkən; `θɪkən/
v [I, Tn]
1 (cause sth to) become thicker (使某物)变得厚、密、浓、混浊不清等
*when the sauce thickens 沙司变浓时
* The fog is thickening. 雾渐渐重了.
* Use flour to thicken the gravy. 加面粉使肉汁浓稠.
* Several drinks had thickened his voice. 他喝了几杯酒以後嗓音变得沙哑了.
2 (idm 习语) the plot thickens => plot2.
thicken
v [I and T]to become thick, or make something thick
The fog was beginning to thicken. Thicken the soup by adding potatoes.thicken sth with sth a stew thickened with lentils and vegetables→
the plot thickensatplot1 (3)