thicken

/'θikәn/

★☆☆☆☆六级英语词汇

📖 中文释义

  1. vi. 变浓, 变厚, 变得模糊, 变为复杂
  2. vt. 使变厚, 加强, 使模糊

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

过去分词 thickened现在分词 thickening第三人称单数 thickens过去式 thickened

💬 双语例句

  1. This braised pork is still too watery. Cook it for another ten minutes to thicken the sauce, so the flavor sticks to the meat.

    这锅卤肉还太稀,再煮十分钟收汁一下,味道才会巴在肉上。

  2. The drama thickened for another ten months, until the Supreme Court unanimously ordered Nixon to surrender the tapes. A few days after that, Nixon resigned rather than face certain impeachment and removal from office.

  3. But history never bowed out; at most, it only took a decade-long intermission, with its next act heralded by the terrorist attacks in the United States in September 2001. And here the plot has thickened.

    但是,历史从不退出舞台;它最多有了一个长达十年之久的幕间休息,而2001年9月11日对美国的恐怖主义攻击则宣告历史新的一幕。 而如今,情节模糊不清。 愉快地生活在自由秩序下的人们不仅没有因此而喜悦,反而不得不努力抗争来维护它的完整和强大。

🔴 反义词

🔗 常用搭配

thicken cloudsminutes to thickenthicken the sauceair to thicken
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. v. make thick or thicker
  2. v. become thick or thicker
  3. v. make viscous or dense