thick: [OE] Thick comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thekwia-, which also produced German dick, Dutch dik, Swedish tjock, and Danish tyk. It is related to Welsh tew and Breton teo ‘thick’, but its ultimate antecedents are not known. Thicket [OE] is a derivative.
thick (adj.)
Old English þicce "dense, viscous, solid, stiff; numerous, abundant; deep," also as an adverb, "thickly, closely, often, frequently," from Proto-Germanic *thiku- (cognates: Old Saxon thikki, Old High German dicchi, German dick, Old Norse þykkr, Old Frisian thikke), from PIE *tegu- "thick" (cognates: Gaelic tiugh). Secondary Old English sense of "close together" is preserved in thickset and proverbial phrase thick as thieves (1833). Meaning "stupid" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Thickly.
As a noun, "the thick part" (of anything), from mid-13c. Phrase through thick and thin, indicating rough or smooth going, hence "unwaveringly," is in Chaucer (late 14c.); thick-skinned is attested from 1540s; in figurative sense from c. 1600. To be in the thick of some action, etc., "to be at the most intense moment" is from 1680s, from a Middle English noun sense.
雙語例句
1. I misheard the word'sick'as'thick'.
我把sick誤 聽為 thick 了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Teddy ran thick fingers through his unruly thatch of hair.
特迪用自己的粗手指頭捋了一下濃密蓬亂的頭發。
來自柯林斯例句
3. My underskirt had ridden up into a thick band around my hips.
我的襯裙已經躥到臀部，厚厚地卷成一圈。
來自柯林斯例句
4. A thick haze of acrid smoke hung in the air.
空氣中彌漫著刺鼻的濃煙。
來自柯林斯例句
5. She wore a thick tartan skirt and a red cashmere sweater.