thickly
adverb uk/ˈθɪk.li/ us/ˈθɪk.li/
(WIDELY/DEEPLY)
（形状）厚厚地
in a way that makes a wide piece of something
The bread had been cut very thickly. 面包切得很厚。
厚厚地（覆盖）;茂密地
in a way that covers or fills something with a deep layer of something
Dust has settled thickly on the dark wood furniture. 灰尘厚厚地落在深色的木制家具上。
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- A customer at a restaurant sent back his french fries because they were cut too thickly.
- Peel, de-stone and thickly slice the peaches.
- Her eyelids are still thickly caked with the glitter she wears in the production.
- the astronaut's thickly gloved hands
- Perhaps the paint is spread too thickly.
- For two autumns in a row, acorns fell like rain from the tall oak trees, carpeting his lawn so thickly that raking seemed almost futile.
(CLOSELY)
（人或物）密集地，拥挤地
in a way that involves many people or things that are very close together
This is a thickly wooded area. 这是一个林木茂密的地区。
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- The weed grows thickly with long, ropy strands that can clog boat propellers and endanger swimmers.
- The countryside - thickly forested with hickory, walnut and other hardwoods - is picturesque.
- Mosquitoes buzz thickly around him.
(WAY OF TALKING)
口音重地
in a way that shows clearly which country or part of a country someone comes from
He replies in thickly accented English. 他用带有浓重口音的英语回答。
口齿不清地
in a way that is not clear because someone is tired, ill or upset
'I was asleep,' she said thickly. “我在睡觉”，她口齿含混地说。
See: thick
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- There's been an endless convoy of thickly accented ambassadors eager to drive the music home to mainstream audiences.
- His thickly accented yammering, however, is occasionally unintelligible.
- "Yeah" he replied thickly, "you know I do, it's the same for both of us.”