thickened是什么意思？

thickened

英['θɪkənd] 美['θɪkənd]

• v. （使）变厚（或粗、浓、密），使更厚（或更密、更浓、更粗）( thicken的过去式和过去分词 )，使（话等）不清晰，使模糊，使（情节等）复杂，变得不清晰，变得模糊；

例句

• The plot thickened. 情节变得复杂了。
• The thickened artery wall narrows the channel through which the blood flows. 变厚的动脉壁使流通血液的管腔变细.
• 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.
• Stir until the sauce has thickened. 不停地搅拌沙司，直到搅稠为止。
• Car details may meed to be thickened to be seen. 汽车的细节可能必须加粗道可以看见为止.
• Endophthalmitis displays mull echoes, retinal thickened or detached. 眼内炎回声杂乱, 视网膜增厚或伴有脱离.
• The arteriolar wall is markedly thickened and the lumen is narrowed. 动脉壁明显增厚,管腔狭窄.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (使)(液体)变浓稠
  When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid.
  例句
  Thicken the broth with the cornflour... 加玉米面使汤变稠。 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 something thickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before.
  例句
  The crowds around him began to thicken... 他四周的人群密集起来。 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.
  例句
  '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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. made or having become thick;
  "thickened bronchial arteries"
  2. having skin made tough and thick through wear
  3. made thick in consistency;
  "flour-thickened gravy""dust-thickened saliva"