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V-ERG
(使)(液體)變濃稠
When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid.
例句
Thicken the broth with the cornflour...
加玉米面使湯變稠。
Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
不停地攪，一直攪到調味汁變稠。
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VERB
變密集;變濃密
If something thickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before.
例句
The crowds around him began to thicken...
他四周的人群密集起來。
As the ice sheet grows and thickens it chills the nearby air.
隨著冰蓋越來越大，越來越厚，周圍的空氣也冷了起來。
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PHRASE
情況愈發復雜起來
People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
例句
'Find anything?' he asked. 'Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said.
“有什么發現沒有？”他問。“嗯，情況越來越復雜了，”我說。