Dày; đậm

a thick layer of sand

lớp cát dày

To, mập

a thick pipe

cái ống to

Đặc, sền sệt, không chảy dễ dàng

thick soup

cháo đặc

Dày đặc, rậm, rậm rạp

thick crowd

đám đông dày đặc, đám người đông nghẹt

thick hair

tóc rậm

thick forest

rừng rậm

Không quang đãng; dày đặc (về hơi nước, không khí)

thick fog

sương mù dày đặc

(thông tục) ngu, đần độn

Lè nhè, khản, không rõ ràng; nặng, mạnh, rất dễ nhận ra (về giọng nói)

a thick utterance

lời phát biểu không rõ

voice thick with drink

giọng lè nhè vì say

to speak with/in a thick brogue

nói với một giọng địa phương ( Ireland) nặng

(thông tục) thân mật, thân thiết; kết, gắn bó

to be thick together

thân với nhau

as thick as thieves

rất ăn ý với nhau, rất thân

Quá nhiều, thái quá

It's a bit thick

Hơi nhiều, hơi quá

to give somebody/get a thick car

bạt tai

to have a thick head

(thông tục) ngu ngốc, đần độn

(thông tục) bị nhức đầu, bị khó chịu (do uống rượu say..)

as thick as thieves

(thông tục) rất thân thiết (về hai hay nhiều người)

as thick as two short planks

óc đất, rất ngu ngốc

have a thick skull

(thông tục) tỏ ra không thông minh

(be) thick with something/somebody

đầy; có nhiều

thick with dust

đầy bụi

Dày, dày đặc

the snow was falling thick

tuyết rơi dày đặc

Khó, cứng; mệt nhọc, khó khăn, nặng nề

to breathe thick

thở khó khăn

to speak thick

nói khó khăn, nói lắp bắp

to lay it on thick/with a trowel

(thông tục) phóng đại; thổi phồng, tán dương hết lời

thick and fast

tới tấp

Chỗ mập nhất, chỗ dày nhất

the thick of the leg

bắp chân

Chính giữa, chỗ dày nhất

the thick of the forest

chính giữa rừng

Chỗ tập trung nhất, chỗ hoạt động nhất

the thick of the fight

chỗ (lúc) ác liệt nhất của cuộc chiến đấu

in the thick of it

chính đang lúc (đánh nhau...)

through thick and thin

bất chấp mọi khó khăn

to go through thick and thin for someone

mạo hiểm vì người nào

in the thick of something

ở chỗ nhộn nhịp nhất, ở chỗ đông đúc nhất của cái gì

• Adj: thicker

đậm đặc (chất lỏng)

dày

dày đặc

rậm rạp

u ám (trời)

đặc

dày

sền sệt

Broad, wide, solid, thickset, burly, ample, solid,bulky, substantial, beamy: He sank his teeth into the thickestsandwich I have ever seen. She is a bit thicker in themid-section than I had remembered, but a good ketch nonetheless.2 Usually, thick with. dense, solid, compact, concentrated,condensed, packed, close-packed, compressed, crowded, choked,filled, full, deep, clotted, chock-full or choke-full orchuck-full, chock-a-block, teeming, swarming, alive, bristling,crawling, bursting, crammed, jammed, brimming, Colloq lousywith: The gallery was thick with visitors.

Compact,condensed, compressed, choking, packed, impenetrable,impassable, dense; pea-soup, soupy, murky, misty, foggy, smoggy,smoky, opaque, obscure, obscuring, hazy: We plunged deeper intothe thick jungle. A thick fog blanketed the valley. 4 abundant,plentiful, bushy, luxuriant: Her thick red hair tumbled downover her shoulders.

Dense, viscid, viscous, gelatinous,mucilaginous, gluey, glutinous, ropy, coagulated, clotted,congealed, jelled, jellied, inspissated, stiffish; stiff, firm,rigid, solid: For a thicker sauce, use cornflour.

Thickheaded, thick-witted, thick-skulled, dense, stupid, slow,slow-witted, dull, dull-witted, stolid, obtuse, gormless,boneheaded, fat-headed, pin-headed, wooden-headed, addle-pated,halfwitted, block-headed, doltish, Boeotian, cretinous,imbecilic, moronic, US thimble-witted; insensitive,thick-skinned; Colloq dim-witted, Slang dopey: How could anyoneso thick have become an executive?

Guttural, hoarse, throaty,raspy, rasping, rough, husky, grating, gravelly, indistinct,distorted, inarticulate; gruff, raucous: 'I need you,' hemoaned, his voice thick with emotion.

Close, friendly, likethat, inseparable, devoted, hand in glove, on good terms, on thebest (of) terms, intimate, Colloq chummy, pally, (as) thick asthieves, Brit matey, well in, US palsy-walsy: We were thick inthe old days, going everywhere together.

Marked, pronounced,strong, decided, obvious, typical: She speaks English with athick Polish accent.

N.

Core, heart, centre, middle, focus, midst: If it's afight, you can be sure that Timothy will be in the thick of it.

Adj.

A of great or specified extentbetween opposite surfaces (a thick wall; a wall two metresthick). b of large diameter (a thick rope).

A (of a lineetc.) broad; not fine. b (of script or type, etc.) consistingof thick lines.

A arranged closely; crowded together; dense.b numerous (fell thick as peas).

(usu. foll. by with) denselycovered or filled (air thick with snow).

A firm inconsistency; containing much solid matter; viscous (a thickpaste; thick soup). b made of thick material (a thick coat).

Muddy, cloudy; impenetrable by sight (thick darkness).

Colloq. (of a person) stupid, dull.

(of a voice) indistinct.9 colloq. intimate or very friendly (esp. thick as thieves).

N. a thick part of anything.

Adv. thickly (snow was fallingthick; blows rained down thick and fast).

A bit thick Brit.colloq. unreasonable or intolerable. in the thick of 1 at thebusiest part of.

Heavily occupied with. thick ear Brit. sl.the external ear swollen as a result of a blow (esp. give aperson a thick ear). thick-skinned not sensitive to reproach orcriticism. thick-skulled (or -witted) stupid, dull; slow tolearn. through thick and thin under all conditions; in spite ofall difficulties.

Thickish adj. thickly adv. [OE thicce(adj. & adv.) f. Gmc]