harden
英 ['hɑːd(ə)n]
美 ['hɑrdn]
- vi. 變硬，變堅固；變堅強；變冷酷
- vt. 使…變硬；使…堅強；使…冷酷；使…麻木不仁
- n. (Harden)人名；(英、德、羅、瑞典)哈登；(法)阿爾當
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.
- 在紙板上塗兩三層清漆使其變硬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners.
- 他們的行動隻會讓土地擁有者的態度變得更堅定。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The varnish takes a few hours to harden.
- 清漆需要幾個小時才能幹透。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Hot steel is quenched to harden it.
- 燒熱的鋼放入水中驟冷使之堅硬.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Test to see if the finish is tacky, and if it is, leave it to harden.
- 看看最後一道漆幹了沒有，要是沒幹，就先讓它幹透。
來自柯林斯例句