thickness

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The property of being thick (in dimension). uncountable
  2. A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is. countable,uncountable
    — The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.
  3. A layer. countable
    — We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
  4. The quality of being thick (in consistency). uncountable
    — Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
  5. The property of being thick (slow to understand). informal,uncountable
  6. The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into. countable
动词 v.
  1. To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer. transitive
    — Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane.

词形变化

thicknesses plural thicknesses present,singular,third-person thicknessing participle,present thicknessed participle,past thicknessed past

词汇关系

近义词
denseness slowness stupidity thickheadedness
反义词
fluidity liquidity runniness thinness wateriness mental acuity mental agility quick-wittedness sharpness
衍生词
dry film thickness half-value thickness outerthickness paper-thickness thicknesser

词源

词源 1
From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī (“thickness”), equivalent to thick + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian tsjokkens (“thickness”), Old High German dickinessī, dikkinissi, diknissi (“thickness, density”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassitūdō (“thickness”).
词源 2
From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī (“thickness”), equivalent to thick + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian tsjokkens (“thickness”), Old High German dickinessī, dikkinissi, diknissi (“thickness, density”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassitūdō (“thickness”).
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