| 释义 |
ˈcase-ˈhardening, vbl. n.
The process expressed by the verb case-harden. a. lit.
1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. 54 The manner of case-hardening is this. Take cow-horn or hoof, etc. 1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 8 The depth of the steel induced by case-hardening. 1866Livingstone Jrnl. iv. (1873) I. 89 They are unacquainted with the process of case-hardening.
b. transf. and fig.
1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 60 Absolutely necessary for the further case-hardening our hero. 1813Scott Let. in Lockhart (1839) IV. 128 A few years of..oppression would bring us back to the same case-hardening in body and sentiment. |