harden

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

Translation

vi. 變硬,變堅固;變堅強
vt. 使…變硬;使…堅強
Word Forms
過去式hardened
第三人稱單數hardens
過去分詞hardened
現在分詞hardening
複數hardens

Phrases & Collocations

harden steel

淬火鋼

Example Sentences

a hardened lava flow.

變硬的滯流熔岩

a case-hardened steel anvil.

一個表面硬化的鋼砧。

the snow hardened and compacted.

雪變得堅固結實了。

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

歷經戰亂而變得鐵石心腸的軍隊參見 harden

was hardened to life on the frontier;

頑強地面對前線的生活;

the silos are hardened against air attack.

發射井被加固以防空襲。

The earth hardens under the hot sun.

土地讓炎熱的太陽曬硬了。

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

"你可以把果子凍放在陰涼的地方,讓它凝固。"

I hardened my heart against him.

我硬下心腸對待他。

He is becoming hardened to failure.

他對失敗已變得不在乎了。

Real-world Examples

It will take days for the new shell to harden.

新殼需要幾天才能變硬。

Source: The mysteries of the Earth

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

他說,Ring和其他類似的科技公司會加劇種族隔閡。

Source: VOA Special July 2019 Collection

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

隨着死亡人數的增加,抗議者的決心似乎更加堅定了。

Source: BBC Listening March 2021 Collection

The spoon drops and cools off to harden.

勺子掉下,冷卻後變硬。

Source: Learn English through advertisements.

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

哈爾有個理論,不過這個理論只對別人,那就是,心腸該狠時就得狠一點。

Source: The Call of the Wild

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

驟冷驟熱會將雕像在固化之前毀掉。

Source: National Geographic: The Terracotta Army of China

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

它基本和指甲油一樣,只是還沒有完全硬化。

Source: Connection Magazine

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

我覺得它看起來像是某種蛋糕,因爲年代久遠所以變硬了。

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

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

纖維化會導致患處變硬,而病變通常位於四肢。

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

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

此外,在第二期,纖維化開始發展,肢體增粗變硬、體積增大。

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

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