thickening

英 [ˈθɪkənɪŋ]

美 [ˈθɪkənɪŋ]

v.  (使)变厚，变浓，变稠
thicken的现在分词

现在分词：thickening　复数：thickenings　

化学

BNC.25779 / COCA.27061

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

noun

• the act of thickening
  Synonym:inspissation
• any thickened enlargement
  Synonym:nodeknob
• any material used to thicken
  1. starch is used in cooking as a thickening
  Synonym:thickener

adj

• becoming more intricate or complex
  1. a thickening plot

双语例句

• Secondary vascular tissue, found only in plants with secondary thickening, develops from the vascular cambium.
  次生维管组织由维管形成层发育而来，仅存在于有次生加厚的植物中。
• Nodular thickening of interlobular septa can be seen in lymphangitic carcinomatosis, sarcoidosis, and silicosis.
  结节状小叶间隔增厚可见于癌性淋巴管炎、结节病和硅肺。
• A new hypothesis for explaining crustal thickening and significant lithospheric thinning in the Jurassic in eastern China is proposed.
  对中国东部侏罗纪时期地壳增厚和岩石圈显著变薄的现象，提出一个新的形成机制假说。
• A gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose; used as a thickening or emulsifying agent.
  一种粘性物质，是羧甲基纤维素的钠盐，用作增稠剂或乳化剂。
• This was characterized by marked skin thickening and the disappearance of pseudoscars, hemorrhage and visible superficial vessels.
  这些情况通过皮肤厚度以及假瘢痕、出血和可见的表浅血管消失进行量化评分。
• Abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue.
  组织不正常的变厚或硬化。
• Overall, men had more thickening of the artery walls compared to women.
  总体上讲，男性比女性动脉壁更加厚。
• Experiment was carried out on the static settling and thickening of sludge water from water works, so as to provide basis and direction for the design of inclined plane thickener.
  对自来水厂排泥水分别进行了静沉和动态浓缩试验，以便为高效斜板浓缩池的设计和运行提供依据和指导。
• You have been long gone, leaving behind drizzling melancholy and thickening yearning in me.
  你远去了，留给我的是密密细雨般的惆怅，还有那浓浓的思念。
• In sarcoidosis, nodular interlobular septal thickening reflects the presence of interstitial granulomas.
  在结节病，结节样的小叶间隔增厚反映的是间质的小肉芽肿。