thickening
noun
uk/ˈθɪk.ən.ɪŋ/us/ˈθɪk.ən.ɪŋ/[U]
theprocessofbecomingthickeror of making somethingbecomethicker:
变厚，变浓，变稠This thickeningoftheairwayscausesthem tonarrowand makes itdifficulttomoveairinto and out of thelungs.气管的这种增厚导致它们变窄，并使空气难以进出肺部。
[CorU]
aplacewhere something hasbecomethicker:
增厚部Nointestinalwallthickeningswereidentified.未发现肠壁增厚。
[U]
somethingaddedto aliquidto make itthicker:
增稠剂Put everything except the thickening in thepot.将除增稠剂外的所有东西都放入锅中。
Synonym
thickener
- Thetreatmentcancausesideeffectssuch as thickening offacialhair.
- Can youseea thickening orbroadeningof thetipsofyourfingers?
- Inflatwormsall thatexistsis asimplenetworkofnervefibres. There are a fewthickeningsin some of them, but these canhardlybedescribedasbrains.
- Cornflour is used as thickening.
Thick, dense and heavy
- cakey
- claggy
- clumsy
- clunky
- cumbersome
- density
- heavily
- heavy
- ponderous
- ponderously
- sludgy
- super-heavy
- super-thick
- thick
- ultra-heavy
- unwieldy
- weigh
- weigh a tonidiom
- weighty
- wiry
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thickening
adjective
used for making somethingthicker:
增厚剂Cornflour is used as a thickeningagent.玉米粉被用作增稠剂。
Briancoatedherhairwith a thickeningspray.布赖恩用增稠喷雾涂抹她的头发。
becomingthicker:
致稠的，增厚的Nothinglayaheadof her except the thickeningbeltsoftreesthatringedtheheadof thevalley.除了环绕山谷最高处的茂密林带外，她的前方一览无遗。
Studies haveshownthatageneed notnecessarilybeentirelytoblamefor a thickeningwaist.研究表明，腰部变粗不一定完全归咎于年老。
Thick, dense and heavy
- cakey
- claggy
- clumsy
- clunky
- cumbersome
- density
- heavily
- heavy
- ponderous
- ponderously
- sludgy
- super-heavy
- super-thick
- thick
- ultra-heavy
- unwieldy
- weigh
- weigh a tonidiom
- weighty
- wiry