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词汇 thickening
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Definition of thickening in English:

thickening

noun ˈθɪk(ə)nɪŋˈθɪkənɪŋ
mass noun
  • 1The process or result of becoming broader, deeper, or denser.

    增厚(或粗、密、浓等)

    where two continents collide, some crustal thickening occurs
    count noun one of the effects is a thickening of the skin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bronchiolar wall thickening may occur due to inflammation or fibrosis.
    • The condition isn't a true tumor, but instead involves a thickening of the tissue around one of the digital nerves leading to your toes.
    • The potentially fatal heart condition - signified by abnormalities and excessive thickening of the heart muscle - has left her suffering from angina, so she gets tired easily and has to pace herself.
    • Secondary features include burning or stinging, plaque, dry appearance, edema, ocular manifestations, peripheral location, and thickening of the skin.
    • Secondary bacterial infection can cause hardening and thickening of the skin, known as elephantiasis.
    • Other symptoms include thickening of the skin, fat in the abdomen, fat under the eyeballs and neck, and apparent laziness.
    • The disease also clogs the body's lymph drainage system and that results in swelling, thickening and wrinkling of the skin.
    • In 1935 Cornbleet was the first to describe a thickening of the subcutaneous fat layer of the scalp.
    • Marked skin thickening was evident.
    • The diuretic effect, over time, causes dehydration and thickening of the blood, digestive disorders and metabolic imbalance.
    • One result of this is the well-known thickening of pulmonary secretions, generally developing later in life.
    • We're told that we've been getting fatter for thirty years, and that this thickening of our waistlines portends a coming healthcare catastrophe.
    • For instance, it's long been dogma that the use of anabolic steroids interferes with proper hepatic function and causes thickening of the heart muscle.
    • Crustal thickening under the Himalayas reached a maximum during the Pliocene, although the mountains continued to grow (as they are still growing today).
    • It is believed that babies who develop the condition are not born with pyloric stenosis, but that the progressive thickening of the pylorus occurs after birth.
    • In both of these studies, prednisone administration did not reduce the development of residual pleural thickening.
    • The extent of thickening did not correlate with the amount of inflammation, suggesting a pre-existing condition.
    • The Nazca Plate, which underlies the eastern Pacific Ocean, slides under western South America, resulting in crustal thickening, uplift and volcanism.
    • These rocks may represent the product of partial melting caused by crustal thickening during an orogenic event.
    • Alternatively, the patient might develop thickening of the skin, which would suggest the diagnosis of scleroderma.
    • Slight redness and thickening at the injection site occurs in about 30% of patients.
    • This rare disorder results in a thickening of the heart muscle, which impairs its ability to pump blood.
    1. 1.1count noun A broader, deeper, or denser area of animal or plant tissue.
      加厚组织
      trees with tiny thickenings on the winter twigs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • None of the species studied has thickenings in all vessels.
      • The ultrasound examination looks for a thickening of skin behind the fetal neck, called the nuchal fold, which sometimes occurs in Down syndrome and, possibly, other birth defects.
      • Fine spiral thickenings are frequent.
      Synonyms
      expansion, growth, increase in size, extension, amplification, augmentation, topping up, building up, addition, supplementing
  • 2

    another term for thickener
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is also often more appropriate to use foods with a thicker consistency than to use thickening in the foods.
    • We did not use thickening in it but boiled it down till it was thick enough and we sautéed the onions first.
adjective ˈθɪk(ə)nɪŋˈθɪkənɪŋ
  • Becoming broader, deeper, or denser.

    增厚(或粗、密、浓等)

    a hazardous journey through thickening fog

    穿行在渐厚浓雾中的危险行程。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With that the girl turned into the thickening crowd and headed down one of the narrow alleys.
    • Mr Chirac promised in the late 1980s, when he was prime minister, that leading politicians would submit personal financial records to parliament amid a thickening air of suspicion over political sleaze.
    • The once bright sun dulled behind a sheet of faint mist, and many of the busy servants had a hood drawn up against the ever thickening fog.
    • The guar, or cluster bean, provides a gum that has 8 times the thickening power of cornstarch.
    • Within brief minutes, the thickening clouds were zooming by our wing tips increasing our awareness of the plane's speed of approximately 150-mph.
    • The higher you go, the colder it is, and the more likely that weak layers persist underneath a thickening slab of snow.
    • Alas, the thickening undergrowth has also proven the undoing of one of the less bright avian ground feeders.
    • If it had not been for the thickening fog, one might have thought that it was going to rain with no clouds in the sky.
    • Tapioca flour is used as a thickening agent in foods.
    • I pushed my way through the thickening crowds of students and went straight to the student's parking lot and waited near the doors.
    • It is also a very useful and beneficial thickening agent in all types of cooking.
    • He took 300 kilograms of guar gum, a thickening agent found in salad dressing, and dumped it into a 25-meter swimming pool on campus.
    • The snares were undisturbed, but poking about in the thickening undergrowth yielded another discovery - the pale, speckled shape of a fungus coaxed into emergence by the recent rains.
    • Morley trudged down the beach through the thickening mist and studied the tracks for a long time, before he heard the sound of wood buckling.
    • For less severe hair-loss, styling products such as thickening shampoos and gels may create the illusion of thicker hair.
    • Although the rough weather and thickening fog beyond the harbour prevented us passing between the high cliffs, we made up for it with a nightcap in the yacht club.
    • York Civil Defence members had a real test of their efficiency when, in an ever thickening mist, they carried out what an officer described as a routine exercise.
    • In medieval times it was a common practice to use a hollowed-out loaf as the container for a sweet or savory dish or as the primary thickening agent next to almonds.
    • Other non-medical uses are as a thickening agent for toothpastes and jams.
    • Most spots on the Earth received an average of 15% less sunlight than they did 50 years ago thanks to, many scientists suspect, the thickening haze of air pollution.

Definition of thickening in US English:

thickening

nounˈTHikəniNGˈθɪkənɪŋ
  • 1The process or result of becoming broader, deeper, or denser.

    增厚(或粗、密、浓等)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The diuretic effect, over time, causes dehydration and thickening of the blood, digestive disorders and metabolic imbalance.
    • For instance, it's long been dogma that the use of anabolic steroids interferes with proper hepatic function and causes thickening of the heart muscle.
    • These rocks may represent the product of partial melting caused by crustal thickening during an orogenic event.
    • It is believed that babies who develop the condition are not born with pyloric stenosis, but that the progressive thickening of the pylorus occurs after birth.
    • One result of this is the well-known thickening of pulmonary secretions, generally developing later in life.
    • The condition isn't a true tumor, but instead involves a thickening of the tissue around one of the digital nerves leading to your toes.
    • The extent of thickening did not correlate with the amount of inflammation, suggesting a pre-existing condition.
    • In 1935 Cornbleet was the first to describe a thickening of the subcutaneous fat layer of the scalp.
    • Secondary bacterial infection can cause hardening and thickening of the skin, known as elephantiasis.
    • The Nazca Plate, which underlies the eastern Pacific Ocean, slides under western South America, resulting in crustal thickening, uplift and volcanism.
    • Other symptoms include thickening of the skin, fat in the abdomen, fat under the eyeballs and neck, and apparent laziness.
    • Secondary features include burning or stinging, plaque, dry appearance, edema, ocular manifestations, peripheral location, and thickening of the skin.
    • The potentially fatal heart condition - signified by abnormalities and excessive thickening of the heart muscle - has left her suffering from angina, so she gets tired easily and has to pace herself.
    • We're told that we've been getting fatter for thirty years, and that this thickening of our waistlines portends a coming healthcare catastrophe.
    • Alternatively, the patient might develop thickening of the skin, which would suggest the diagnosis of scleroderma.
    • This rare disorder results in a thickening of the heart muscle, which impairs its ability to pump blood.
    • In both of these studies, prednisone administration did not reduce the development of residual pleural thickening.
    • Marked skin thickening was evident.
    • Slight redness and thickening at the injection site occurs in about 30% of patients.
    • Crustal thickening under the Himalayas reached a maximum during the Pliocene, although the mountains continued to grow (as they are still growing today).
    • Bronchiolar wall thickening may occur due to inflammation or fibrosis.
    • The disease also clogs the body's lymph drainage system and that results in swelling, thickening and wrinkling of the skin.
    1. 1.1 A broader, deeper, or denser area of animal or plant tissue.
      加厚组织
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ultrasound examination looks for a thickening of skin behind the fetal neck, called the nuchal fold, which sometimes occurs in Down syndrome and, possibly, other birth defects.
      • None of the species studied has thickenings in all vessels.
      • Fine spiral thickenings are frequent.
      Synonyms
      expansion, growth, increase in size, extension, amplification, augmentation, topping up, building up, addition, supplementing
  • 2

    another term for thickener
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is also often more appropriate to use foods with a thicker consistency than to use thickening in the foods.
    • We did not use thickening in it but boiled it down till it was thick enough and we sautéed the onions first.
adjectiveˈTHikəniNGˈθɪkənɪŋ
  • Becoming broader, deeper, or denser.

    增厚(或粗、密、浓等)

    a hazardous journey through thickening fog

    穿行在渐厚浓雾中的危险行程。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Alas, the thickening undergrowth has also proven the undoing of one of the less bright avian ground feeders.
    • The guar, or cluster bean, provides a gum that has 8 times the thickening power of cornstarch.
    • Within brief minutes, the thickening clouds were zooming by our wing tips increasing our awareness of the plane's speed of approximately 150-mph.
    • The higher you go, the colder it is, and the more likely that weak layers persist underneath a thickening slab of snow.
    • For less severe hair-loss, styling products such as thickening shampoos and gels may create the illusion of thicker hair.
    • He took 300 kilograms of guar gum, a thickening agent found in salad dressing, and dumped it into a 25-meter swimming pool on campus.
    • The once bright sun dulled behind a sheet of faint mist, and many of the busy servants had a hood drawn up against the ever thickening fog.
    • I pushed my way through the thickening crowds of students and went straight to the student's parking lot and waited near the doors.
    • Although the rough weather and thickening fog beyond the harbour prevented us passing between the high cliffs, we made up for it with a nightcap in the yacht club.
    • Morley trudged down the beach through the thickening mist and studied the tracks for a long time, before he heard the sound of wood buckling.
    • Tapioca flour is used as a thickening agent in foods.
    • Most spots on the Earth received an average of 15% less sunlight than they did 50 years ago thanks to, many scientists suspect, the thickening haze of air pollution.
    • Mr Chirac promised in the late 1980s, when he was prime minister, that leading politicians would submit personal financial records to parliament amid a thickening air of suspicion over political sleaze.
    • The snares were undisturbed, but poking about in the thickening undergrowth yielded another discovery - the pale, speckled shape of a fungus coaxed into emergence by the recent rains.
    • With that the girl turned into the thickening crowd and headed down one of the narrow alleys.
    • York Civil Defence members had a real test of their efficiency when, in an ever thickening mist, they carried out what an officer described as a routine exercise.
    • It is also a very useful and beneficial thickening agent in all types of cooking.
    • If it had not been for the thickening fog, one might have thought that it was going to rain with no clouds in the sky.
    • Other non-medical uses are as a thickening agent for toothpastes and jams.
    • In medieval times it was a common practice to use a hollowed-out loaf as the container for a sweet or savory dish or as the primary thickening agent next to almonds.
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