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thick

/ˈθɪk/KK

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thicker

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thickest

1.
厚的;有相當厚度的
極常用

指物體從一面到另一面的距離較大,常與薄的相對。

用法:常放在名詞前,或用於「某物+be+thick+數量」說明厚度。數量前通常用介系詞「at」。

a thick jacket
a thick book
thick walls
thick glasses
two centimeters thick

The bread was cut into thick pieces for breakfast.

早餐的麵包被切成厚片。

This book is too thick to carry in my school bag every day.

這本書太厚了,我每天都沒辦法放進書包裡帶著走。

2.
濃稠的;黏稠的
常用

指液體、醬料或食物不稀,流動得不快。

用法:可用「too thick」表示太稠,也可用「thick enough to+原形動詞」說明稠度造成的結果。

thick porridge
thick paint
thick soup
thick sauce
thick gravy

The soup was thick and good.

這個湯很濃,也很好喝。

Put in a little water if the soup is too thick.

如果湯太濃,就加一點水。

還有 4 個進階的意思(國小之後才會學到)
3.
濃密的;密集的;稠密的
極常用

指許多東西緊密聚集,或植物、毛髮等長得很密。

用法:「thick with+名詞」可表示某處充滿某物,例如「thick with smoke」表示充滿濃煙。

thick hair
thick forest
thick fog
thick smoke
a thick crowd

She has thick hair, so it takes a long time to dry it.

她的頭髮很濃密,所以要花很久才能吹乾。

Thick snow made several planes leave the airport late this morning.

今天早上,大雪讓幾架飛機晚點離開機場。

4.
很重的;很濃的
常用

指空氣、氣味、煙霧或雲層等很重、很濃,讓人感到不舒服或難以看清。

用法:此義常搭配「air」、「smell」、「smoke」與「cloud」。

thick air
a thick smell
thick smoke
thick clouds

We stayed in the house because thick smoke was coming to our town.

因為濃煙飄到我們的城鎮,所以我們待在屋裡。

The kitchen was filled with the thick smell of fried food.

廚房裡充滿了油炸食物的濃味。

5.
口音重的
常用

指說話者的口音特徵很明顯,以致聽者可能不容易聽懂。

用法:最常見的搭配是「a thick accent」。若要較委婉,可說「a strong accent」。

a thick accent
speak with a thick accent

At first, I had trouble understanding the way he spoke on the phone because it was thick.

一開始,我很難聽懂他在電話裡說話的方式,因為他的口音很重。

The book is very thick, so it is heavy.

這本書很厚,所以很重。

6.
親近的;熟稔的
較少用
非正式

指人與人之間關係非常熟、很親近。

用法:「be thick with+人」不能用來泛指普通朋友;它表示特別熟稔的關係。

be thick with someone
as thick as thieves

The two cousins have been thick friends since they were children.

這兩位表親從小就是親密的朋友。

The reporter asked why the man was so thick with the store owner.

記者問那個男人為什麼和店主那麼要好。

常見錯誤

The fog is very thickly.

The fog is very thick.

This book is very thickness.

This book is very thick./The thickness of this book is considerable.

The soup is too thickness.

The soup is too thick.

She has a thickly hair.

She has thick hair.

相關字詞
heavy 近義
thickly 同源詞
thickness 同源詞
thick-skinned 同源詞
thin 反義
dense 近義
學習提示

・描述厚度時用「thick」,例如「a thick notebook」;描述厚度這個概念或數值時才用「thickness」。

・「thick soup」指濃稠的湯,不一定表示湯的味道很濃。要說味道濃郁,可依情況用「rich」。

・「a thick accent」雖常見,但談論他人時可能帶有評斷意味;在正式或禮貌情境下,「a strong accent」通常較合適。

・「thick」用來形容人有愚笨的意思時帶有冒犯性,不宜隨意使用。

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