单词 | thickening |
释义 | thickening (once / 3778 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY thickening: thickenings+/thick: thicken, thicker, thickest, thickly, thickness, thicks/thicken: thickened, thickener, thickening, thickens/thickener: thickeners/thickness: thicknesses USAGE EXAMPLESNow, separated only by the median, and with thickening crowds of supporters, everyone is in this together. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) All of them tap a deep and thickening vein of pessimism about the economic and political prospects of the West. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) The day had been warm, almost balmy, but the evening was cooler and already thickening into a starless, chilly night. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1n the act of thickening Syn|Hyper inspissation condensation, condensing the act of increasing the density of something 2n any material used to thicken starch is used in cooking as a thickening Syn|Hyper thickener material, stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object 3n any thickened enlargement Syn|Hyper knob, node convex shape, convexity a shape that curves or bulges outward 4adj accumulating and becoming more intense the thickening dusk Syn deepening intensifying increasing in strength or intensity 5adj becoming more intricate or complex a thickening plot Syn complex complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts |
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