| 释义 | 
		  [ˈθɪkənɪŋ]动词变化: "to thicken" | Present Participle:  | thickening |  
  本页中: thickening, thicken WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 |  | thickening nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (food thickener: cornstarch, etc.) | 增稠剂  zēng chóu jì |  |   |   | 芡粉  qiàn fěn |  |   | Cornstarch is often used as thickening in sauces. |  | thickening adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house."  |  (becoming thicker) | 变厚的,变稠的 
  |  |   |   | 变浓的,变密的 
  |  |   | The thickening sauce can burn quickly, so be sure to turn down the heat. |  
 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 |  | thicken⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."  |  (make thicker) | 使变厚  shǐ biàn hòu |  |   |   | 使变浓  shǐ biàn nóng |  |   |   | 使变密  shǐ biàn mì |  | thicken viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived."  |  (become thicker) | 变厚  biàn hòu |  |   |   | 变浓  biàn nóng |  |   |   | 变密  biàn mì |  |   | Continue stirring as the porridge thickens. |  | thicken viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived."  |  figurative (plot: become more complex) | 变得更复杂  biàn dé gèng fù zá |  |   | Now there are two claimants to the estate and the plot thickens. |  
 Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: thicken [ '[th]Ikn] I vi 1 [sauce etc]  变(變)稠 biàn chóu 2 [crowd etc]  聚集 jùjí  II vt  [+  sauce etc] 使变(變)稠  shǐ biàn chóu-  the plot thickens
  事情变(變)得复(複)杂(雜)了 shìqing biàn de fùzá le 
   在这些条目还发现'thickening': 在英文解释里: arteriosclerosis - liaison - thickener  |