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  • Derivatives : adj  thickish ; adv  thickly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

thick [θɪk]
  1. 1. adjective [+slice] [ line] [ book] [ clothes etc] 厚的
  2. 2. adjective [+sauce] [ mud] [ fog] 浓的
  3. 3. adjective [+forest] [ hair etc] 浓密
  4. 4. adjective [BRIT] [inf] (stupid) 笨的
    it's 20 cm thick
    有20厘米
    thick and fast
    席卷而来
    in the thick of it
    深陷某事
    through thick and thin
    任何情况

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

thick [θɪk]
  1. 1. adjective 厚的厚度为……的
    I wanted a thick sandwich for lunch.
    午餐时想吃一个厚厚的三明治
    Spread a thick layer of butter.
    涂上一层厚厚的黄油
  2. 2. adjective 密集的紧凑
    We hiked through a thick forest.
    我们徒步穿过一个茂密森林
  3. 3. adjective 浓的,稠的
    Around mid-morning, the rain came in quite heavy with thick mist.
    上午十点左右暴雨挟着浓雾骤然而至。
  4. 4. adjective 口齿不清的,含混
    I couldn't understand what he was trying to say through his thick accent.
    发音含混不清,我根本听不懂他要说什么
  5. 5. adjective 壮实的,体格敦实
    He has thick arms and a thicker neck.
    他有着结实臂膀粗壮的脖颈。
  6. 6. adjective 茂盛的,繁茂
    The forest is full of thick growth.
    这个森林里面到处长满了茂盛植物
  7. 7. adjective 深的漆(黑)的
    I couldn't see through the thick darkness.
    伸手不见五指黑暗中,我什么也看不见
  8. 8. adjective 亲密
    We were thick as thieves during school.
    我们学校时候亲密无间
    The two were thick as thieves for months.
    两个关系亲密已经有好几个月了。
  9. 9. adjective 笨的,愚蠢
    He has such a thick head!
    真是一个笨蛋
  10. 10. adjective 大量的,多的
    The women were right in the thick of crowd.
    这个女人就站在大量人群中央
    The top was thick with dust.
    顶部布满灰尘
  11. 11. n.[u] 中间当中,最密集的部分
    We were in the thick of the fighting.
    我们那时正在酣战
  12. 12. adverb 浓地,浓稠地
    The maple syrup was flowing thick.
    浓稠的枫树汁流了出来
    The blood was flowing thick.
    血液很稠。
  13. 13. adverb 接二连三地,一个一个
    The crowds come in here fast and thick.
    人群很快就接二连三地来了这里
    Misfortunes come fast and thick.
    厄运接踵而至。

Collins English-English Dictionary

thick [θɪk]
  1. 1. adj of relatively great extent from one surface to the other; fat, broad, or deep
    a thick slice of bread
  2. 2. adj [postpositive] of specific fatness
    ten centimetres thick
  3. 3. adj (in combination)
    a six-inch-thick wall
  4. 4. adj having a relatively dense consistency; not transparent
    thick soup
  5. 5. adj abundantly covered or filled
    a piano thick with dust
  6. 6. adj impenetrable; dense
    a thick fog
  7. 7. adj stupid, slow, or insensitive
    a thick person
  8. 8. adj throaty or badly articulated
    a voice thick with emotion
  9. 9. adj (of accents, etc) pronounced
  10. 10. adj [Spoken] very friendly (esp in the phrase thick as thieves)
  11. 11. adv in order to produce something thick
    to slice bread thick
  12. 12. adv profusely; in quick succession (esp in the phrase thick and fast)
  13. 13. n a thick piece or part
  14. 14. n [Etymology] Old English thicce; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thikki, Old Norse thykkr

Examples

a thick board
厚板
a wall six inches thick
六英寸厚的墙
thick woods
密林
thick soup
浓汤
a thick snowfall
大雪纷飞

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