| 正面 | 8643.thicken 英 ['θɪk(ə)n]美 ['θɪkən]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 西方人觉得水龙头长得像头顶鸡冠的鸡头，所以 cock 既表公鸡又表龙头。vt. 使变厚；使模糊；使…变复杂vi. 变浓；变厚；变得模糊；变粗；变复杂 例句： 1. But as the investigation continued, the plot began to thicken.但是随着调查的继续深入，情况开始变得复杂起来。 thicken 使变厚，增稠thick,厚的，-en,使。 thicken (v.)late 14c. (transitive), 1590s (intransitive), from thick + -en (1). Related: Thickened; thickening. An earlier verb was Middle English thick, Old English þiccian "to thicken, to crowd together."" |