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

• 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。
• The mixture hardens as it cools.
  这种混合物冷却时会变硬。
• 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 earth hardens under the hot sun.
  土地让炎热的太阳晒硬了。
• An oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base.
  一种在空气中氧化后变硬的油，常用于涂料或清漆打底。
• 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 fluid secretion usually dries out and hardens into a material that can be worked.
  通常流体分泌物会变干和硬化（于是成为「催干油」）。
• As the scientific consensus hardens, efforts to fight climate change have gathered political momentum.
  随着科学共识日益稳固，抗击气候变化的努力已聚集起政治方面的动力。
• A cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result.
  在水下会变硬的水泥；在窑中加热石灰石和粘土再研磨成粉制成。
• The glue dries very fast and hardens in an hour.
  胶干得很快，过一个小时就变硬了。