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harden

英[ˈhɑːdn] 美[ˈhɑːrdn]

vt. 使硬化，使经得起考验，使无情，使轮廓鲜明；
vi. 变硬或更硬，变稳定，变习惯；

第三人称单数：hardens;

过去式：hardened;

过去分词：hardened;

现在分词：hardening;

名词：hardening;

同义词

harden的同义词之：
thicken cake petrify steel strengthen acclimate cohere

反义词

vt.
harden的反义词之：使坚固;使变冷酷
soften
harden的反义词之：其他释义
soften

词组

hardening of the arteries
another term for arteriosclerosis 同 arteriosclerosis
harden something off
inure a plant to cold by gradually increasing its exposure to it 使（植物）提高抗寒能力

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

V-ERG

（使）变硬;（使）硬化

When something hardens or when you harden it, it becomes stiff or firm.
例句
Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens... 在混合物还没有变硬之前，趁热将它塑成形。 Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it. 在纸板上涂两三层清漆使其变硬。
V-ERG

（使）（态度、想法）变得更坚定;（使）变得更强硬

When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed.
例句
Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners... 他们的行动只会让土地拥有者的态度变得更坚定。 The bitter split which has developed within Solidarity is likely to harden further into separation. 团结工会内部已产生的不愉快分歧可能会进一步演变为分裂。
VERB

（价格、经济）变得更稳定

When prices and economies harden, they become much more stable than they were.
例句
Property prices are just beginning to harden again. 房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。
V-ERG

（使）变得坚强;（使）变得冷酷无情;（使）变得麻木不仁

When events harden people or when people harden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before.
例句
Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart... 她多年来醉酒寻衅的恶习让我变得麻木。 She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes... 西伯利亚大草原的艰苦环境使她变得坚强起来。
VERB

（表情、眼神）变得严肃，变得不快

If you say that someone's face or eyes harden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry.
例句
His smile died and the look in his face hardened. 他的笑容消失了，脸上的表情严肃了起来。

英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.
(使)变硬; (使)坚固; (使)硬化
The snow hardened until ice was formed. 雪成冰后变硬了。
(使)变得坚强
His mind hardened as he became used to difficulty. 他坚强起来了, 因为他已习惯于困难。
(使)变得冷酷无情
The positions of the two sides hardened. 双方的立场变得更强硬了。 I hardened my heart against him. 我硬起心肠来对待他。

英英词典释义

Verb
1. become hard or harder;
"The wax hardened"
2. make hard or harder;
"The cold hardened the butter"
3. harden by reheating and cooling in oil;
"temper steel"
4. make fit;
"This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
5. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate;
"He was inured to the cold"

行业词典

水产：［鱼种］锻炼；通过拉网等方法提高鱼种对不良环境适应能力的措施。；