Word · Frequency #9828
Fully loadedthicken
（使）变厚；（使）变粗
To make or become thicker (in the sense of wider).
- 1.
To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
使变厚(更宽)。
- 2.
To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
使变稠(更黏稠)。
- 3.
To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
变厚(更宽)。
- 4.
To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
变稠(更黏稠)。
- 5.
To strengthen; to confirm.
加强；证实。
- 6.
To make more frequent.
使更频繁。
（使）变稠；（使）变浓；加强；巩固；使更频繁；使变厚(更宽)。；使变稠(更黏稠)。
In use
The soup will thicken if you let it simmer on low heat.
Stir in a little flour to thicken the sauce.
The paint had thickened after the can was left open, so I added water.
thicken sth
Add cornstarch to thicken the sauce.
加入玉米淀粉使酱汁变浓。
sth thickens
The fog thickened as night fell.
夜幕降临时雾变浓了。
thicken sth with sth
She thickened the soup with flour.
她用面粉使汤变稠。
Connections
Collocations
- thicken the sauce
- 使酱汁变浓稠
- Add cornstarch to thicken the sauce.加入玉米淀粉使酱汁变浓稠。
- thicken the plot
- 使情节变得复杂
- The unexpected twist thickened the plot.这个意外的转折使情节变得复杂。
- thicken the mixture
- 使混合物变稠
- Stir constantly until the mixture thickens.不断搅拌直到混合物变稠。
- thicken up
- 变稠
- The soup needs to thicken up a bit more.汤需要再稠一点。
- thicken with flour
- 用面粉使变稠
- You can thicken the gravy with flour.你可以用面粉使肉汁变稠。
- thicken the fog
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象thick(厚)加en(使)就是‘使变厚’→thicken
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、weather、science 通常用于描述液体、气体或雾气的浓度变化，在烹饪、气象或化学等语境中比较常见，既可用于书面也可用于日常对话。
Grammar Note
既可作及物动词（使变浓），也可作不及物动词（变浓）
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words such as 'chicken', 'sicken', and 'stricken' have the same ending /ɪkən/ and rhyme with 'thicken'. 'Thick' begins with the same letters but is pronounced /θɪk/, lacking the -en suffix.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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