v.使 ... 堅硬；變為濃粘；使堅定；使強硬
名詞: stiffener 過去式: stiffened 過去分詞: stiffened 現在分詞: stiffening 第三人稱單數: stiffens
/">大學英語專業八級單詞大全verb
1. make stiff or stiffer
e.g. Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
2. become stiff or stiffer
e.g. He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
3. restrict
e.g. Tighten the rules
stiffen the regulations
Synonym: tightentighten upconstrain
1. 變得僵硬;變得緊張;繃緊
If you stiffen, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example because you feel afraid or angry.
e.g. Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice...
埃達聽到他的聲音嚇得人都僵住了。
e.g. The father's face stiffened with dismay.
父親因為悲痛而面部表情凝重。
2. (肌肉或關節)變得僵硬;(使)變得不易彎曲;(使)變得不靈活
If your muscles or joints stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become difficult to bend or move.
e.g. The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.
當肌肉變得僵硬時，皮膚的供血量就減少了。
3. (態度或行為)變得更強硬，變得更嚴厲;(使)變得更堅定
If attitudes or behaviour stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become stronger or more severe, and less likely to be changed.
e.g. Russian resistance suddenly stiffened because there was no room for retreat...
俄羅斯的反抗突然變得強硬起來，因為已經沒有退路了。
e.g. Canada has recently stiffened its immigration rules.
加拿大最近制定了更為嚴格的移民規定。
4. 使(布料等)變挺;使變硬
If something such as cloth is stiffened, it is made firm so that it does not bend easily.
stiffen
e.g. This special paper was actually thin, soft Sugiwara paper that had been stiffened with a kind of paste...
這種特殊的紙實際是一種糨糊漿過的又薄又軟的杉原紙。
e.g. They peeled cold stiffened gloves from their hands.
他們將凍得硬邦邦的手套從手上脫下來。
相關詞組：stiffen up
1. 加強：stern tube 尾軸管 | stiffen 加強 | stiffener 加強材
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2. 加勁,加強：stern wave 艉波 | stiffen 加勁,加強 | stiffener 扶強材,加勁桿
3. 使硬：stiff-necked 頑固的 | stiffen 使硬 | stiffener 使僵硬的人
4. 變硬：stiff 僵硬的 | stiffen 變硬 | stifle 窒息
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語stiffen是什么意思的翻譯解釋，供大家參考一下。
The state propaganda tries to stiffen the people's resolve to resist NATO and defend their Brother Leader.(國家試圖通過宣傳戰的方式加強人民抵抗北約以及保護自己領導人的決心。)
If she walked into classroom, our backs would stiffen and our knees would start to shake.(每當她走進教室，我們就覺得背開始發僵，兩腿開始顫抖。)
Results 110 patients all recover, have no occurrence of excrescent circumstance of stiffen knee joint.(結果110例病人全部獲得治愈，無膝關節僵直等異常情況的發生。)
Supposedly to stiffen Gazans’ resolve, the Qassam Brigades have begun to suppress the emerging good life in the strip.(恐怕是為了堅定加沙人民的決心，“卡桑旅”已開始抑制加沙地帶人們生活的好轉。)
What happens is the fluid that's sprayed into each fibre of the yarn starts to stiffen up and resist that mechanical strain.(滲入紗線纖維的液體黏性開始增大并阻止機械拉力。)
Hips often stiffen, particularly if a child sits for much of his time. Prone lying each day helps stretch them out.(款管家僵直，特別是經常坐著的小孩兒。推薦每天俯臥幫助關節延伸。)
This lignification serves to stiffen and strengthen the cells.(木質化足以使細胞變硬和增強。)
This sort of grease could not stiffen when the temperature drops.(溫度下降時，這種潤滑脂不會變稠。)
While other people stiffen their sinews with something stronger, the English constitution merely demands tea.(別國的人用更烈性的東西來增強體力，但英國人的體質卻只需要茶。)
Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine.(通過增加白明膠使奶油變硬。)
His legs were stiffen'd with dismay.