Cut back the rest of the branches by about half their length , to encourage the stems to thicken and develop flowers the following season .
将剩余的枝条修剪到一半的长度,这样可以使枝干在下一季变粗并开花。
To increase bandwidth , and thus transmit more data , such as a video , all you need do is thicken the spout .
而要增加带宽,以传输更多数据,如视频,就得加粗水柱。
Additionally , so much more aluminum would have to be used-to thicken the coils in order to improve efficiency and ensure that passageways in the unit were thick enough to withstand the high-pressure refrigerant moving through them-that units might not be that much lighter .