Thick
[θɪk]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) abounding; having a lot of; 'the top was thick with dust' .
(adj.) having component parts closely crowded together; 'a compact shopping center'; 'a dense population'; 'thick crowds'; 'a thick forest'; 'thick hair' .
(adj.) (of darkness) very intense; 'thick night'; 'thick darkness'; 'a face in deep shadow'; 'deep night' .
(adj.) not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; 'an inch thick'; 'a thick board'; 'a thick sandwich'; 'spread a thick layer of butter'; 'thick coating of dust'; 'thick warm blankets' .
(adj.) relatively dense in consistency; 'thick cream'; 'thick soup'; 'thick smoke'; 'thick fog' .
(adv.) in quick succession; 'misfortunes come fast and thick'.
編輯:厄休拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.
(superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
(superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
(superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
(superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
(superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
(superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
(superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
(superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
(n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
(n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
(adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.
(adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
(adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
(v. t. & i.) To thicken.
錄入:玛莎
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Not thin (in measure).[2]. Dumpy, squab, squat, plump, bulky.[3]. Dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (in consistence).[4]. Turbid, muddy, roiled, not clear, not transparent.[5]. Abundant, frequent, close, compact, crowded, closely set, in quick succession.[6]. Indistinct, inarticulate.[7]. Dull, not quick.[8]. [Colloquial.] Intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
n. Thickest part.
ad. [1]. Frequently, fast, quick.[2]. Densely, closely, thickly.[3]. To a great depth.
錄入:斯科特
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Dense, condensed, inspissated, close, compact, turbid, luteous, coagulated,muddy, dull, misty, vaporous, crowded, numerous, solid, bulky, deep, confused,inarticulate
ANT:Rare, fine, thin, sparse, strained, pure, percolated, limpid, crystalline,scanty, incompact, slight, shallow, laminated, clear, articulate, distinct
整理:昆廷
解釋/意思:
adj. dense: imperfectly mobile: compact: not transparent or clear: misty: dull mentally clouded: crowded: closely set: abundant: frequent in quick succession: having great depth or circumference: (coll.) in fast friendship.—n. the thickest part of anything: a stupid person.—adv. closely: frequently: fast: to a great depth.—adjs. Thick′-and-thin thorough completely devoted; Thick′-com′ing (Shak.) coming fast or close together.—v.t. Thick′en to make thick or close: to strengthen.—v.i. to become thick or obscure: to crowd or press.—ns. Thick′ening something put into a liquid or mass to make it more thick; Thick′et a collection of trees or shrubs thickly or closely set: close wood or copse.—adjs. Thick′-head′ed having a thick head or skull: stupid; Thick′ish somewhat thick.—n. Thick′-knee a stone-plover.—adj. Thick′-lipped (Shak.) having thick lips.—adv. Thick′ly.—n. Thick′ness.—adjs. Thick′-pleached (Shak.) closely interwoven; Thick′-set closely planted: having a short thick body.—n. Thick′-skin a person wanting sensibility: a dull stupid person a blockhead.—adj. Thick′-skinned having a thick skin: wanting sensibility: dull: obtuse.—n. Thick′-skull (same as Thick-skin).—adjs. Thick′-skulled having a thick skull: dull: stupid; Thick′-sprung (Shak.) that have sprung up thick or close together.—n. Thick′un (slang) a sovereign: a crown.—Lay it on thick to flatter or praise extravagantly; Through thick and thin in spite of all obstacles without any wavering.
n. (Spens.) a thicket.—v.i. (Spens.) to grow dense.
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例句/造句/用法:
- As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The streets are wisely made narrow and the houses heavy and thick and stony, in order that the people may be cool in this roasting climate. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- He walked into the dining-room as we sat after dinner, and announced his intention in the thick voice of a half-drunken man. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- And when I wait upon 'em, they'll say to me sometimes--WITH IT ON--thick, and no mistake--“How am I looking, Mowcher? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I'm rather thick in my breath. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Towards the end of Jane's second song, her voice grew thick. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The opening for putting in the ice, shown just under the pulley in the cut, has two doors with a space between; each door a foot thick. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It is a thick skull, thicker than that of any living race of men, and it has a brain capacity intermediate between that of Pithecanthropus and man. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then he tried to push through, but it grew thicker and thicker, and he was in despair. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- As we stood waiting for Xodar the smoke became thicker and thicker. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The cost of the same number of wires at the present day would not be one-half that sum, with thicker wires and better insulation. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The picture can’t be properly printed without thicker ink. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- By-the-bye, I must have mine in mind; it won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood is said to be thicker than water. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Thus, Bentley Drummle had come to Mr. Pocket when he was a head taller than that gentleman, and half a dozen heads thicker than most gentlemen. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- His hair and whiskers were blacker and thicker, looked at so near, than even I had given them credit for being. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He shouted, too, till he was hoarse; and flying from memory and himself, plunged into the thickest of the throng. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It is in length six yards, and in the thickest part at least three yards over. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- On the left side, where the ground sinks and the wood is thickeSt. Did you run out again? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Without noticing either of us, Mr. Luker slowly made his way to the door--now in the thickest, now in the thinnest part of the crowd. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He fled from the spot, and plunged into the thickest recesses of a neighbouring wood. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- They are generally thickest in the middle, while their teeth are of various degrees of fineness and of different forms. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I was at the pains of making ropes and cables, by twisting ten, twenty, or thirty of the thickest and strongest of theirs. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- No, no, I thank you, answered Smith, putting on a pair of his thickest beaver gloves as though to defend his thumbs. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
錄入:洛伦佐