stiffen
常考释义
1.[i][t]（尤指因气愤或害怕，使浑身或身体的一部分）变僵硬，变僵直，绷紧to make yourself or part of your body firm, straight and still, especially because you are angry or frightened
She stiffened with fear.她吓呆了。
I stiffened my back and faced him.我挺直了腰杆面对着他。
2.[i][t]（使）难以弯曲，难以活动，发僵to become, or to make sth become, difficult to bend or move
My muscles had stiffened up after the climb.爬上去以后我两腿都发僵了。
stiffened muscles发僵的肌肉
3.[t][i]~ (sth)（使）变强硬，变坚定to make an attitude or idea stronger or more powerful; to become stronger
The threat of punishment has only stiffened their resolve(= made them even more determined to do sth) .惩罚的威胁益发坚定了他们的决心。
4.[t]~ sth (with sth)使硬挺to make sth, such as cloth, firm and unable to bend
Think about that for a second: when horses stiffen and resist, their musculature becomes paralyzed for the duration of that resistance.
想一秒钟：当马僵硬抗拒，他们的肌肉组织在抗拒过程中变得不能行动自如。
Stiffen your muscles, grab a telephone book, and begin to call out the names alphabetically in a stern, low tone in front of him.
绷紧你的肌肉，抓住电话簿里，并开始大声叫你的名字按字母顺序在斯特恩，低音调在他的面前。
The company employs a driver, who knows Mr Oliver's ways well enough to stiffen and call him "sir" as he enters.
公司雇佣了一名司机。司机深谙奥利弗的性情，奥利弗一走进来，他就挺直了身子，称他“先生”。
any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics.
一种粘性物质，用于填充表面的小孔或将织物变硬。
Due to the extra weight required to stiffen up the chassis, the performance of the Roadster will be slightly stunted compared to the coupe.
由于多余的重量要求变硬的底盘，性能的跑车将略微矮小的跑车相比。
As you stir the mixture, it will stiffen into a soft lump.
当你搅拌的时候，混合物会变成慢慢变硬为软块。
When a passion arises, when it is young and feeble, cut it off, lest it stiffen and cause you a great deal of trouble.
当一种激情升起，要趁着它初期还微弱的时候砍掉它，以免它变得猛烈之后，为你招来巨大的麻烦。
It's too soon to say whether the Lisbon treaty reforms will stiffen backbones and advance this unlikely but desirable prospect.
里斯本条约改革能否让欧洲挺直腰干并推进这一不太可能却令人向往的前景，现在下结论还为时尚早。
Supposedly to stiffen Gazans' resolve, the Qassam Brigades have begun to suppress the emerging good life in the strip.
恐怕是为了坚定加沙人民的决心，“卡桑旅”已开始抑制加沙地带人们生活的好转。
You propose to stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, and, er . . . "get some perspective on the root cause of this crisis" .
你建议绷紧肌肉，鼓起血脉，和，呃…“从这场危机的根源找到一些看问题的视角”。
A moveable desk lets him do that; whenever his body threatens to stiffen into a single aching pose, he switches to another.
一个可移动的办公桌让他能够如愿，每当他的身体快要僵硬成一个令他疼痛的姿势时，他就换个姿势。
So the man returned to the tailor one more time. Harold instructed the man to stiffen his right leg for a better fit of the length.
为此，男士再一次回去见裁缝，哈罗德教他怎样挺直右腿，以便适合裤子长度，男士照章做了。
Comparatively speaking, the amplitude of surface displacement amplification is not very significant for the stiffen inclusions.
相比而言，刚性夹塞区的情况，地表位移幅值放大效应不是很显著。
In any case, the United States had no choice but to stiffen its position, whether in preparation for negotiation or for resistance.
无论如何，不管是准备谈判还是准备抵抗，美国除了强化自己的地位以外，已别无选择。
though after 1967 he couldn't even walk the block from his house to get there because the disease had begun to stiffen his legs.
而事实上，1967年后，疾病导致他的腿开始僵化，他甚至都已不能穿过他家所在小区走到基金会了。
And Mr. Obama will need to keep pushing in the days that follow and stiffen the spines of any wavering Democrats.
接下来，奥巴马总统不但需要继续推广其改革方案，还需要稳住任何有些许动摇的民主党人。
I was breathing hard, and my legs were beginning to stiffen .
这时我却气吁喘喘地开始感到脚有点僵硬。
Even though it may be difficult, during a fall try to relax your body rather than stiffen.
即使这有些困难，在跳下来的瞬间要尽量使身体放松，不僵硬。
Beijing's resistance to a strengthening renminbi is likely to stiffen if China's economy slows.
如果中国经济放缓，中国政府可能会加强对人民币升值的抵制。
He was a solider whose mere mention would cause Skywalker's back to stiffen and face to scowl.
他是个一旦被提到就令天行者站姿僵硬，表情纠结的士兵。
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