Thickening

(noun.) the act of thickening.

(noun.) any material used to thicken; 'starch is used in cooking as a thickening'.

(adj.) becoming more intricate or complex; 'a thickening plot' .

整理:保罗

• Thirdly, the employment of the fulling-mill for thickening the cloth, instead of treading it in water. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He sat for a long time on the bench in the thickening dusk, his eyes never turning from the balcony. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Robert Jordan felt the ache in his throat and his voice thickening. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The plot was but thickening; the wonder but culminating. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The wind blew fiercely now, and the thickening white storm waxed bewildering; but on she came, and not dismayed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I, too, said Robert Jordan, and could feel his voice thickening. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• To prevent thickening add a few drops of solution of mercury salt. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• His eyes seemed to reach my inmost soul through the thickening obscurity of the twilight. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• They have the peculiar flattening and thickening which marks the boxing man. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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