Hardening
['hɑːdənɪŋ] or ['hɑrdnɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact).
(noun.) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; 'the hardening of concrete'; 'he tested the set of the glue'.
(noun.) abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue.
阿尔塔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harden
(n.) Making hard or harder.
(n.) That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Now this won't do, said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I have, returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, I have heard it all. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- After the engraver has worked out the design in intaglio the die is put through the operation of hardening, after which, being cleaned and polished, it is called a matrix. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Of course, the same hardening of the organic conditions affects the physiological structures which are involved in thinking. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Now, they say, said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, that this kind o' trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The plate is then taken to be Harveyized by cementation, hardening, and tempering, as seen in Figs. 260, 261, and 262. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He was saved from hardening effects by the abundant kindness of his heart and his belief that human life might be made better. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- In many cases, it is a gradual hardening process on both sides,--the owner growing more and more cruel, as the servant more and more callous. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Without some new dynamic force America, for all her tradition, is not immune to a hardening formalism. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Processes for hardening steel, as the Harveyized steel, have given rise to a contest between irresistible projectiles and impenetrable armour plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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