| 单词 | stiffening |
| 释义 | stiffening (once / 5363 pages) n WORD FAMILY stiffening: stiffenings+/stiff: stiffen, stiffer, stiffest, stiffly, stiffness, stiffs/stiffen: stiffened, stiffener, stiffening, stiffens/stiffener: stiffeners/stiffness: stiffnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe two men who came with Doctor Nduoma carried Papa-Nnukwu’s stiffening body in their hands, one holding his underarms and the other his ankles. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Aziza would die in this heat, and Laila would have to lie beside her stiffening little body and wait for her own death. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) I won't stand in the way of requiring background checks for all sales, or stiffening Federal laws for trafficking, but why register handgun owners? New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) 1n the act of becoming stiff stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance Hyper procedure, process a particular course of action intended to achieve a result 2n the process of becoming stiff or rigid Syn|Hypo|Hyper rigidification, rigidifying rigor mortis muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
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