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the thickening of [noun]
表示某事物的增厚过程。
The thickening of the gravy requires constant stirring.
肉汁的增稠需要不断搅拌。
增稠；变浓
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增稠；变浓
the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
The thickening of the gravy requires constant stirring.
肉汁的增稠需要不断搅拌。
使某物变稠或变黏,或自身变稠或变黏的过程。
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
用于使酱汁变稠的物质,通常为淀粉来源。
A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
结构中增厚的部分。
A thickened part of a structure.
The thickening of the sauce comes from simmering it slowly.
酱汁的变稠来自慢慢炖煮。
To avoid the thickening of the glue, cover the jar tightly.
为避免胶水变稠，请把罐子盖紧。
We watched the gradual thickening of the mixture as it cooled.
我们看着混合物冷却时逐渐变稠。
表示某事物的增厚过程。
The thickening of the gravy requires constant stirring.
肉汁的增稠需要不断搅拌。
thickening作可数名词，意为增稠剂。
Cornstarch is often used as a thickening in sauces.
玉米淀粉常用作酱汁中的增稠剂。
常与身体部位或组织搭配，表示该部位的增厚。
The patient experienced thickening in the arterial walls.
患者动脉壁出现增厚。
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The thicken of the sauce is slow.
Use this
The thickening of the sauce is slow.
thickening是名词，表示增厚的过程或增稠剂；thicken是动词，不能用作名词。
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The thickness of the board is 2 cm.
Use this
The thickening of the board is 2 cm.
thickness表示厚度，而thickening在此语境中应指增厚的量或过程，并非厚度。
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增稠剂
Cornstarch is a common thickening agent in Chinese cooking.
玉米淀粉是中餐里常见的增稠剂。
酱汁变稠
The thickening of the sauce takes about ten minutes.
酱汁变稠大约需要十分钟。
心脏壁增厚
Heart wall thickening can be a sign of high blood pressure.
心脏壁增厚可能是高血压的征兆。
皮肤增厚
Chronic scratching leads to skin thickening.
长期抓挠会导致皮肤增厚。
动脉增厚
Arterial thickening increases with age.
动脉增厚随年龄增长而加重。
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thickening = thick（厚的/浓的）+ -en（使变）+ -ing（过程）：想象酱汁加淀粉后一点点变浓稠，这个变浓的过程就是thickening。
语域：mixed 常见场景：cooking、medicine/anatomy、materials/industry 该词在烹饪中指“增稠”或“增稠剂”，较日常；在医学/解剖或材料语境中多指“增厚部分/增厚”，通常用于正式或专业表达。
Quickening and sickening rhyme with the target (thickening) in sound. Weakening, shortening, darkening, and opening look similar in spelling but differ in the stressed vowel or following sounds, so they are lookalikes, not rhymes.
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