thicken
vt.& vi. (使)變厚; 使更厚
vt. 使(話等)不清晰; 使模糊; 使(情節等)複雜
vi. 變得不清晰; 變得模糊; 變複雜
When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid.
Thicken the broth with the cornflour...
加玉米麵使湯變稠。
Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
不停地攪,一直攪到調味汁變稠。
If something thickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before.
The crowds around him began to thicken...
他四周的人群密集起來。
As the ice sheet grows and thickens it chills the nearby air.
隨著冰蓋越來越大,越來越厚,周圍的空氣也冷了起來。
People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
'Find anything?' he asked. 'Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said.
“有什麼發現沒有?”他問。“嗯,情況越來越複雜了,”我說。
1. make thick or thicker;
2. become thick or thicker;
3. make viscous or dense;
the plot thickens
情節變得(更)複雜了,情況變得(更)捉摸不定了
Results The thicken of adenoid tonsil hypertrophy was 13 mm to 25 mm.
結果增殖腺樣體厚度13~25mm,呈弧扇形14例,呈長條狀9例,呈不規則狀2例.
The pudding will thicken as it cools.
這道布丁菜涼了就會變稠.
Pour the mixture into a large bowl and chill until it begins to thicken.
將混合物倒入一個大碗中待涼,直變得得越來越稠.
Whisk egg white to foamy, stir caster sugar in small portions until lightly thicken.
蛋白打起至泡沫狀, 分數次加入糖粉,打至稀薄的糊狀.
Other ingredients commonly used to thicken soups and broths include rice, flour and grains.
其它用來使羹湯或高湯變濃的配料通常包括米, 麵粉和穀物.