音标:['stifn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
vt. 使变硬, 使僵硬, 使顽强, 使严厉
vi. 变粘, 变硬, 变强烈
v. become stiff or stiffer
v. make stiff or stiffer
v. restrict
词型变化:过去式 : stiffened ; 过去分词 : stiffened ; 现在分词 : stiffening ; 第三人称单数 : stiffens ; 名词复数形式 : stiffens
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stiffen的用法和样例:

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
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