Stiffen
['stɪf(ə)n] or ['stɪfn]
解释:
(verb.) make stiff or stiffer; 'Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine'.
(verb.) become stiff or stiffer; 'He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room'.
(verb.) restrict; 'Tighten the rules'; 'stiffen the regulations'.
切丽录入--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
(v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
(v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
(v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
编辑:梅尔维尔
例句:
- I felt her stiffen away when I touched her. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Prof. Silliman, of Yale College, however, in the fall of 1839 testified to the results claimed for it by Mr. Goodyear--that it did not melt with heat, nor stiffen with the cold. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Fifteen shillings--Threepenn'orths Rum,' said Mr Dolls, making an attempt to stiffen himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It would seem to stiffen his backbone and make him more prolific of new ideas. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- For a moment his muscles stiffened and relaxed convulsively, then he lay still. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He was very thirsty, his wounds had stiffened, and one of the wounds in his left arm was very painful. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Lily flushed at the suddenness of the attack; then she stiffened under it and said coldly: And may I ask where you mean me to go? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- His wounds had stiffened badly and he had much pain and he felt too tired to move. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Meanwhile, the dough itself is influenced by the heat and is stiffened to such an extent that it retains its inflated shape and spongy nature. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- But they were all vague and indefinite with one another, stiffened in the fate that moved them apart. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- How different had this scene looked when I viewed it laid out beneath the iron sky of winter, stiffened in frost, shrouded with snow! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Mr. Langton Cole calls attention to the rope truss in this illustration, stiffening the beam of the ship. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I sha'n't be here long, he rejoined, his lips stiffening with the effort to say just so much and no more. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- She gave him back all his kiss, but after a moment he felt her stiffening in his arms, and she put him aside and stood up. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- His head hurt very much and his arm was stiffening so that the pain of moving it was almost unbearable. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The clay for making these required a stiffening material. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- There's nothing betwixt stiffening yourself up, and throwing yourself away; take my word for that, old lady. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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