harden

英 ['hɑ?d(?)n] 美['hɑrdn]
  • vi. 變硬，變堅(jiān)固；變堅(jiān)強(qiáng)；變冷酷
  • vt. 使…變硬；使…堅(jiān)強(qiáng)；使…冷酷；使…麻木不仁
  • n. (Harden)人名；(英、德、羅、瑞典)哈登；(法)阿爾當(dāng)
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詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?hardens;過去式:?hardened;過去分詞:?hardened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?hardening;名詞:?hardening;

中文詞源

harden 使變硬

來自hard,硬的，-en,使。

英文詞源

harden (n.)
c. 1200, transitive, "make (something) hard," from hard (adj.) + -en (1). Intransitive meaning "to become hard" is late 14c. The earlier verb was simply hard, from Old English heardian. Related: Hardened; hardening.

雙語例句

1. Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it.
在紙板上涂?jī)扇龑忧迤崾蛊渥冇病?/dd>

來自柯林斯例句

2. Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners.
他們的行動(dòng)只會(huì)讓土地?fù)碛姓叩膽B(tài)度變得更堅(jiān)定。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The varnish takes a few hours to harden.
清漆需要幾個(gè)小時(shí)才能干透。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. Hot steel is quenched to harden it.
燒熱的鋼放入水中驟冷使之堅(jiān)硬.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. Test to see if the finish is tacky, and if it is, leave it to harden.
看看最后一道漆干了沒有，要是沒干，就先讓它干透。

來自柯林斯例句