| 单词 | hardening |
| 释义 | hardening (once / 3486 pages) n WORD FAMILY hardening: hardenings+/hard: harden, harder, hardest, hardly, hardness, hards, semihard/harden: hardened, hardening, hardens/hardened: hardeneder, hardenedest, unhardened/hardly: hardlys/hardness: hardnesses USAGE EXAMPLESBut the move may backfire by hardening positions, both in the right-wing Israeli government and in the incoming Trump administration. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) Although Pakistan denied that the strike even took place, the announcement marked a hardening of the Indian stance. Time(Dec 01, 2016) Lastly, the study looked at the volume of plaque rather than other characteristics of coronary artery hardening. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) 1n the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) Hypo|Hyper annealing, tempering hardening something by heat treatment change of integrity the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something 2n the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization the hardening of concrete Syn|Hypo|Hyper curing, set, solidification, solidifying congealment, congelation the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 3n abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue Hypo|Hyper callosity, callus an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) calcificationtissue hardened by deposition of lime salts clavus, corna hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes symptom (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
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