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		Definition of thickening in English: thickeningnoun ˈθɪk(ə)nɪŋˈθɪkənɪŋ mass noun1The 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.
 
 - 1.1count 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: thickeningnounˈTHikəniNGˈθɪkənɪŋ 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 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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