| 单词 | stiffen |
| 释义 | stiff·en transitive verb 1. a. (1) < busy … reordering his ship, and stiffening the morale of his crew — Llewellyn Howland > < felt the honor of the whole army rising within me and stiffening my backbone — R.H.Davis > < his papers are stiffened with solid facts and a scholar's indignation — E.A.Weeks > (2) < stiffen the armies … with an increasing leaven of mercenaries — J.E.M.White > < recommended stiffening the Refugee Relief Act — Dorothy Kahn > (3) < a powerful will stiffened by many years of opposition — Helen Macafee > b. (1) < his sinews stiffened themselves in tense readiness — C.G.D.Roberts > < he was stiffened straight by back trouble — A.C.Spectorsky > specifically < stiffened the … fighter in the first round — Irish Digest > (2) < spent his evenings stiffening himself with gin — V.S.Pritchett > c. < poetic diction that has stiffened into corpses so many orthodox poetic dramas — Leslie Rees > < stiffened one of the most picturesque of human beings … into a stock figure — Carl Van Doren > 2. a. < milk well stiffened with wheaten flour — G.E.Fussell > < phosphorus stiffens and strengthens wire — Monsanto Magazine > specifically < drapery stiffened with stiff starch — F.J.Mather > < hat brims are stiffened to hold their shape > b. c. 3. < stiffen prices > < stiffen the market > < a definite trend toward stiffening of money rates — Wall Street Journal > intransitive verb 1. a. < mud stiffens as it dries > b. < stiffened in her saddle and tossed her head — T.B.Costain > < my resolve to stick it out stiffened — V.G.Heiser > < young feelings stiffen in senile works — Malcolm Cowley > 2. < a stiffening breeze > < the climb stiffens as we near the top > 3. < stock prices stiffened in the final few hours of trading > |
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