• 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)

來(lái)自hard,硬的，-en,使。

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.

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(lái)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(lái)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(lái)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(lái)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(méi)有，要是沒(méi)干，就先讓它干透。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句