stiffening
n. (使衣服等)變硬的材料
v. (使)變硬,(使)強硬( stiffen的現在分詞 )
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...
埃達聽到他的聲音嚇得人都僵住了。
The father's face stiffened with dismay.
父親因為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.
當肌肉變得僵硬時,面板的供血量就減少了。
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...
俄羅斯的反抗突然變得強硬起來,因為已經沒有退路了。
Canada has recently stiffened its immigration rules.
加拿大最近制定了更為嚴格的移民規定。
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...
這種特殊的紙實際是一種糨糊漿過的又薄又軟的杉原紙。
They peeled cold stiffened gloves from their hands.
他們將凍得硬邦邦的手套從手上脫下來。
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, 無法細說下去.
No genius, not a bad guy, but the attacks are hurting and stiffening him.
不是天才, 人也不壞, 但是四面八方的攻擊傷了他的感情,使他橫下了心.
The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen.
複製是用附著在加強託板上的可熔合金薄膜實現的.
That makes it harder to press countries into stiffening their promises.
這加大了要求各國堅守承諾的難度.
It affected Joe as much as before and he gasped, stiffening.
它影響了如很多的喬當做在而且他喘氣之前, 堅硬.