hardens

英 [ˈhɑːdnz]

美 [ˈhɑːrdnz]

v.  (使)变硬，硬化; (使声音、面孔等)更严肃，更严厉; (使)更坚定，更强硬
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）变硬;（使）硬化
  When somethinghardensor when youhardenit, it becomes stiff or firm.
  1. Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens...
     在混合物还没有变硬之前，趁热将它塑成形。
  2. Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it.
     在纸板上涂两三层清漆使其变硬。
• V-ERG （使）（态度、想法）变得更坚定;（使）变得更强硬
  When an attitude or opinionhardensoris hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed.
  1. Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners...
     他们的行动只会让土地拥有者的态度变得更坚定。
  2. The bitter split which has developed within Solidarity is likely to harden further into separation.
     团结工会内部已产生的不愉快分歧可能会进一步演变为分裂。
• VERB （价格、经济）变得更稳定
  When prices and economiesharden, they become much more stable than they were.
  1. Property prices are just beginning to harden again.
     房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。
• V-ERG （使）变得坚强;（使）变得冷酷无情;（使）变得麻木不仁
  When eventshardenpeople or when peopleharden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before.
  1. Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart...
     她多年来醉酒寻衅的恶习让我变得麻木。
  2. She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes...
     西伯利亚大草原的艰苦环境使她变得坚强起来。
  3. All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
     突然间我对她硬起了心肠。
• VERB （表情、眼神）变得严肃，变得不快
  If you say that someone's face or eyesharden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry.
  1. His smile died and the look in his face hardened.
     他的笑容消失了，脸上的表情严肃了起来。

双语例句

• A fabric that hardens like concrete after it's soaked in water could provide emergency housing around the world.
  一种浸泡在水中之后可象水泥那样硬化的纤维能够在世界各地为人们提供应急住所。
• The mixture hardens as it cools.
  这种混合物冷却时会变硬。
• Made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
  纯蔗糖煮到变硬为止制成的糖果。
• A resin derived from allyl alcohol that hardens when cured; used as an adhesive.
  烯丙醇制成的树脂，加工后变硬，用作粘合剂。
• The heat of the sun hardens clay. a thermosetting resin.
  太阳的热使黏土变硬。一种热硬化性的树脂。
• Hardeningthe body structural adhesive used hardens at room temperature.
  硬化车身结构粘合胶在室温下硬化。
• Clay hardens when it becomes dry.
  黏土干了的时候就变硬了。
• A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings.
  石灰或石膏、沙子和水的混合物，变硬后成为光滑的固体，用来涂墙壁和天花板。
• The glue dries very fast and hardens in an hour.
  胶干得很快，过一个小时就变硬了。
• Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens
  在混合物还没有变硬之前，趁热将它塑成形。