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thick·en /ˈθɪkən/ vt. | vi.
❶ vt.
1. 使变厚(或粗、 密、 浓等)；使更厚(或更粗、 更密、 更浓等)
thicken a wall 把墙加厚
add a little more flour to thicken the paste 再加点儿面粉把面糊调厚些
She thickened the gravy with flour. 她用粉把肉汁调稠。
2. 加强；加大；加深
thicken firing 加强火力
3. 使(话等)不清晰，使模糊
Alcohol thickened his speech. 酒使他话也讲不清了。
❷ vi.
1. 变厚(或粗、 密、 浓等)；变得更厚(或更粗、 更密、更浓等)
This sauce won't thicken. 这调味汁不会变稠。
The mist thickened. 雾变浓了。
The thin snow had thickened a little. 薄雪变得稍厚了些。
The room was thickening with dusk. 房间随暮色变得愈来愈暗。
2. 变强；深化
The silence thickened. 周围静得鸦雀无声。
The contradictions are thickening. 矛盾正在深化。
3. 变得不清晰，变得模糊；变得沙哑
His speech thickened as he drank on. 他不断地喝酒，话也说不清楚了。
Inexplicably his voice thickened. 莫名其妙地，他的嗓音变沙哑了。
4. 变得(更)复杂
In the third act of the play the plot thickens. 在第三幕中，戏的情节变得(更)复杂了。
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