harden

[US]/ˈhɑːdn/
[UK]/ˈhɑːrdn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. 变硬,变坚固;变坚强
vt. 使…变硬;使…坚强
Word Forms
过去式hardened
第三人称单数hardens
过去分词hardened
现在分词hardening
复数hardens

Phrases & Collocations

harden steel

淬火钢

Example Sentences

a hardened lava flow.

变硬的滞流熔岩

a case-hardened steel anvil.

一个表面硬化的钢砧。

the snow hardened and compacted.

雪变得坚固结实了。

troops who had been seasoned in combat.See Synonyms at harden

历经战乱而变得铁石心肠的军队参见 harden

was hardened to life on the frontier;

顽强地面对前线的生活;

the silos are hardened against air attack.

发射井被加固以防空袭。

The earth hardens under the hot sun.

土地让炎热的太阳晒硬了。

You may leave the jelly in a cool place to harden it.

"你可以把果子冻放在阴凉的地方,让它凝固。"

I hardened my heart against him.

我硬下心肠对待他。

He is becoming hardened to failure.

他对失败已变得不在乎了。

Real-world Examples

It will take days for the new shell to harden.

新壳需要几天才能变硬。

Source: The mysteries of the Earth

He says Ring and other technologies like it can harden racial barriers.

他说,Ring和其他类似的科技公司会加剧种族隔阂。

Source: VOA Special July 2019 Collection

As the death toll amounts, so seemed that resolve by the protesters hardened.

随着死亡人数的增加,抗议者的决心似乎更加坚定了。

Source: BBC Listening March 2021 Collection

The spoon drops and cools off to harden.

勺子掉下,冷却后变硬。

Source: Learn English through advertisements.

Hal's theory, which he practised on others, was that one must get hardened.

哈尔有个理论,不过这个理论只对别人,那就是,心肠该狠时就得狠一点。

Source: The Call of the Wild

Both extreme cold and extreme heat will ruin clay statues before they can harden.

骤冷骤热会将雕像在固化之前毁掉。

Source: National Geographic: The Terracotta Army of China

It's basically the same as nail polish, but it hasn't fully hardened yet.

它基本和指甲油一样,只是还没有完全硬化。

Source: Connection Magazine

You know it looks to me like some sort of cake hardened with the years.

我觉得它看起来像是某种蛋糕,因为年代久远所以变硬了。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

Fibrosis causes hardening of the affected area, which is commonly in the limbs.

纤维化会导致患处变硬,而病变通常位于四肢。

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

Also, fibrosis starts to develop, and the limbs harden and increase in size.

此外,在第二期,纤维化开始发展,肢体增粗变硬、体积增大。

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

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