| 单词 | thick |
| 释义 | thick (once / 64 pages) 1adj 2adjnadv 3adj 4adj 5adj 6adj When something's thick, it's wide from one side to the other, like a thick piece of French toast or a thick layer of snow on your car. Thick things are broad or bulky or decidedly not thin — think of the thick slab of ice you need in order to skate safely on a lake. Thick can also mean "dense," like a thick chocolate milkshake, or your sister's thick, curly hair. If the kid who sits beside you in math class sees your test grade and calls you thick, it's not a compliment: she means you're not very smart. WORD FAMILYthick: thicken, thicker, thickest, thickly, thickness, thicks+/thicken: thickened, thickener, thickening, thickens/thickener: thickeners/thickening: thickenings/thickness: thicknesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe baby was a strapping 6 pounds, 12 ounces, with thick, curly black hair like his father’s. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Sun spent much of his life not in the thick of action but abroad. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) Now that we’re in the thick of a new awards season, revisit this critical favorite that won six Oscars. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 adj not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions 2an inch thick a thick board a thick sandwich spread a thick layer of butter thick coating of dust thick warm blankets Syn|Ant fat having an (over)abundance of flesh deeprelatively thick from top to bottom deep-chestedthick in the chest fathaving a relatively large diameter four-plyhaving a thickness made up of four layers or strands heavymade of fabric having considerable thickness heavyof relatively large extent and density quiltedmade of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching thickenedmade or having become thick three-plyhaving a thickness made up of three layers or strands two-plyhaving a thickness made up of two layers or strands broad, widehaving great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section lean, thinlacking excess flesh bladedcomposed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade capillary, hairlikelong and slender with a very small internal diameter compressed, flatflattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) depressedflattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourousso thin as to transmit light filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike, threadythin in diameter; resembling a thread finethin in thickness or diameter lightvery thin and insubstantial hyperfineextremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components paper thinthin as paper paperythin and paperlike ribbonlike, ribbonylong and thin; resembling a ribbon sleazyof cloth; thin and loosely woven slenderhaving little width in proportion to the length or height tenuousvery thin in gauge or diameter wafer-thinvery thin narrownot wide 1adj having component parts closely crowded together thick crowds a thick forest thick hair Syn concentrated gathered together or made less diffuse 2adj hard to pass through because of dense growth thick woods Syn dense impenetrable not admitting of penetration or passage into or through 3adj relatively dense in consistency thick cream thick soup thick smoke thick fog Syn|Ant clogged, clotted thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) coagulablecapable of coagulating and becoming thick coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumoustransformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass creamythick like cream dense, heavy, impenetrablepermitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter gelatinlike, gelatinous, jellylikethick like gelatin ropey, ropy, stringy, threadyforming viscous or glutinous threads soupyhaving the consistency and appearance of soup syrupy, viscoushaving a relatively high resistance to flow thickenedmade thick in consistency thin relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous tenuoushaving thin consistency rare, rarefied, rarifiedhaving low density 4adj abounding; having a lot of the top was thick with dust Syn abundant present in great quantity 5adj (of darkness) very intense thick night thick darkness Syn deep intense possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree 6n the location of something surrounded by other things Syn|Hyper midst inside, interior the region that is inside of something 7adv with a thick consistency the blood was flowing thick Syn|Ant thickly thin, thinly without viscosity 8adv in quick succession 3misfortunes come fast and thick Syn thickly adj spoken as if with a thick tongue 4the thick speech of a drunkard Syn slurred unintelligible poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise adj having a short and solid form or stature 5Syn compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset little, short low in stature; not tall adj (used informally) associated on close terms 6the two were thick as thieves for months Syn buddy-buddy, chummy close close in relevance or relationship adj (used informally) stupid Syn blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed stupid lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
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