stiffen

英 ['stɪfn] 美 ['stɪfn]

• v. 使 ... 坚硬；变为浓粘；使坚定；使强硬

英英释义

Verb:

1. become stiff or stiffer;

   "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
   

2. make stiff or stiffer;

   "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
   

3. restrict;

   "Tighten the rules"
   "stiffen the regulations"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. This lignification serves to stiffen and strengthen the cells.
   木质化足以使细胞变硬和增强。
2. This sort of grease could not stiffen when the temprature drops.
   温度下降时，这种润滑脂不会变稠。
3. The promise of a reward might stiffen their resolve.
   答应给他们奖励可以坚定他们的决心。
4. He stiffened at the insult.
   他听到这些侮辱的话，态度强硬起来。

经典引文

• His legs were stiffen'd with dismay.

  出自： Coleridge

• Filmy muslin..stiffened with rice starch.

  出自： E. Wilson

• Units of the Afghan army have been stiffened by the addition of Soviet soldiers.

  出自：Illustrated London News

• Laughter bound them together and stiffened their courage.

  出自： P. Barker

• Humiliation merely served to stiffen his will to succeed

  出自： A. C. Amor

近反义词

【近义词】

• congeal (使)凝结
• harden (使)变硬
• thicken 变浓
• solidify 变固体
• strengthen 加强
• reinforce 加固
• toughen 变坚韧
• brace 防备
• tighten 使紧
• steel 钢铁
• lace 鞋带
• freeze 冻结
• tighten up 绷紧
• constrain 强迫

【反义词】

• loosen 松开