stiffening
n. (使衣服等)变硬的材料
v. (使)变硬,(使)强硬( stiffen的现在分词 )
If you stiffen, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example because you feel afraid or angry.
Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice...
埃达听到他的声音吓得人都僵住了。
The father's face stiffened with dismay.
父亲因为悲痛而面部表情凝重。
If your muscles or joints stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become difficult to bend or move.
The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.
当肌肉变得僵硬时,皮肤的供血量就减少了。
If attitudes or behaviour stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become stronger or more severe, and less likely to be changed.
Russian resistance suddenly stiffened because there was no room for retreat...
俄罗斯的反抗突然变得强硬起来,因为已经没有退路了。
Canada has recently stiffened its immigration rules.
加拿大最近制定了更为严格的移民规定。
If something such as cloth is stiffened, it is made firm so that it does not bend easily.
This special paper was actually thin, soft Sugiwara paper that had been stiffened with a kind of paste...
这种特殊的纸实际是一种糨糊浆过的又薄又软的杉原纸。
They peeled cold stiffened gloves from their hands.
他们将冻得硬邦邦的手套从手上脱下来。
1. the act of becoming stiff;
2. the process of becoming stiff or rigid
Her mouth stiffening, she could not elaborate.
她嘴巴僵直, 无法细说下去.
No genius, not a bad guy, but the attacks are hurting and stiffening him.
不是天才, 人也不坏, 但是四面八方的攻击伤了他的感情,使他横下了心.
The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen.
复制是用附着在加强托板上的可熔合金薄膜实现的.
That makes it harder to press countries into stiffening their promises.
这加大了要求各国坚守承诺的难度.
It affected Joe as much as before and he gasped, stiffening.
它影响了如很多的乔当做在而且他喘气之前, 坚硬.