Thicken
[ 'θɪkən ]
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vt.& vi. （使）变厚;使更厚;
vt. 使（话等）不清晰;使模糊;使（情节等）复杂;
vi. 变得不清晰;变得模糊;变复杂;
💡 词根助记
thick厚的+en变成 →使变厚
📝 例句
She wished the plot to thicken.
她希望戏的情节更加充盈丰满起来。
You can thicken the soup with flour.
你可以用面粉使汤变浓。
He added some flour to thicken the soup.
他加了一些面粉使汤变稠。
Use the paper to thicken your notebook.
用这些纸加厚你的笔记本。
I always thicken my soups by adding flour.
我总是加面粉将汤调浓。
🌱 联想助记
【记】chicken-小鸡,thicken-加厚:小鸡长大时羽毛变厚了
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
thicken
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*['θikәn]vi. 变浓, 变厚, 变得模糊, 变为复杂vt. 使变厚, 加强, 使模糊【化】 增稠
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We will use it for cleaning the inside of the ship. If we do this, we shall have less sickness. Please get me 300 litres. I think that will be enough.
我们将要用醋清理船舱。如果我们这样做的话，我们就会少生些病。请给我购买300升。我想这就够了。
For example, you might pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is tasting.
比方说，你可能随手拿起一本游记，在睡觉之前读它几页。这种书只要浏览一下，这儿读一点，那儿读一点也够了。简而言之，这就是“浅尝”。
One moment we were walking along the top of a hill and now we could see no more than about thirty metres ahead of us.
一时间我们还在山顶上行走，而现在30公尺开外的地方我们都看不清了。