Tra từ thick - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

thick [thick thicker thickest] adjective, noun, adverb BrE [θɪk] NAmE [θɪk]
adjective (thick·er, thick·est)

DISTANCE BETWEEN SIDES
1. having a larger distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal
•a thick slice of bread
•a thick book (= one that has a lot of pages)
•a thick coat (= one made of heavy cloth)
•thick fingers
• Everything was covered with a thick layer of dust.
2. used to ask about or state the distance between opposite sides or surfaces
• How thick are the walls?
• They're two feet thick.

HAIR/FUR/TREES
3. growing closely together in large numbers
•thick dark hair
• This breed of cattle has a very thick coat.
• His eyebrows were thick and bushy.
•a thick forest

LIQUID
4. not flowing very easily
•thick soup
• The effect will be ruined if the paint is too thick.

FOG/SMOKE/AIR
5. difficult to see through; difficult to breathe in
• The plane crashed in thick fog.
•thick smoke
• Thick cloud covered the sky.
•~ with sth The air was thick with dust.
• (figurative)The atmosphere was thick with tension.

WITH LARGE NUMBER/AMOUNT
6. ~ with sb/sth having a large number of people or a large amount of sth in one place
•The beach was thick with sunbathers.

STUPID
7. (BrE, informal) (of a person)slow to learn or understand things
•Are you thick, or what?

ACCENT
8. (sometimes disapproving)easily recognized as being from a particular country or area
Syn: ↑strong
•a thick Brooklyn accent

VOICE
9. ~ (with sth) deep and not as clear as normal, especially because of illness or emotion
• His voice was thick with emotion.

FRIENDLY WITH SB
10. ~ (with sb) (informal)very friendly with sb, especially in a way that makes other people suspicious
• You seem to be very thick with the boss!
see also ↑thickly, ↑thickness
more at blood is thicker than water at ↑blood _n., thick/thin on the ground at ↑ground _n.

Word Origin:
Old English thicce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dik and German dick.

Example Bank:
•The air had grown thick and smoky.
•The paint is getting too thick. I'll have to thin it down.
•Use fairly thick wads of newspaper.
•a screen of trees thick enough to conceal the building entirely
•Are you thick or what?
•Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust.
•He cut two thick slices of bread.
•I think some of them are basically just thick.
•I'm not completely thick, you know.
•If you weren't so thick you'd have spotted them coming!
•She padded noiselessly across the thick carpet.
•She's not as thick as she looks!
•That's a very thick book.
•They're two feet thick.
Idioms: ↑give get a thick ear ▪ ↑in the thick of something ▪ ↑lay it on thick ▪ ↑thick and fast ▪ ↑thick as thieves ▪ ↑thick as two short planks ▪ ↑thick head ▪ ↑thick skin ▪ ↑through thick and thin ▪ ↑your thick head

noun uncountable

Word Origin:
Old English thicce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dik and German dick.

adverb (thick·er, thick·est)
in a way that produces a wide piece or deep layer of sth
•Make sure you cut the bread nice and thick.

Word Origin:
Old English thicce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dik and German dick.