stiffen

stiffen

美 [?st?f(?)n] 　英 ['st?f(?)n]

• v.（尤指因氣憤或害怕，使渾身或身體的一部分）變僵硬；難以活動
• 網絡使僵硬；加強；變硬

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Think about that for a second: when horses stiffen and resist, their musculature becomes paralyzed for the duration of that resistance.

想一秒鐘：當馬僵硬抗拒，他們的肌肉組織在抗拒過程中變得不能行動自如。

Stiffen your muscles, grab a telephone book, and begin to call out the names alphabetically in a stern, low tone in front of him.

繃緊你的肌肉，抓住電話簿里，并開始大聲叫你的名字按字母順序在斯特恩，低音調在他的面前。

The company employs a driver, who knows Mr Oliver's ways well enough to stiffen and call him "sir" as he enters.

公司雇傭了一名司機。司機深諳奧利弗的性情，奧利弗一走進來，他就挺直了身子，稱他“先生”。

any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics.

一種粘性物質，用于填充表面的小孔或將織物變硬。

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變硬的底盤，性能的跑車將略微矮小的跑車相比。

As you stir the mixture, it will stiffen into a soft lump.

當你攪拌的時候，混合物會變成慢慢變硬為軟塊。

When a passion arises, when it is young and feeble, cut it off, lest it stiffen and cause you a great deal of trouble.

當一種激情升起，要趁著它初期還微弱的時候砍掉它，以免它變得猛烈之后，為你招來巨大的麻煩。

It's too soon to say whether the Lisbon treaty reforms will stiffen backbones and advance this unlikely but desirable prospect.

里斯本條約改革能否讓歐洲挺直腰干并推進這一不太可能卻令人向往的前景，現在下結論還為時尚早。

Supposedly to stiffen Gazans' resolve, the Qassam Brigades have begun to suppress the emerging good life in the strip.

恐怕是為了堅定加沙人民的決心，“卡桑旅”已開始抑制加沙地帶人們生活的好轉。

You propose to stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, and, er . . . "get some perspective on the root cause of this crisis" .

你建議繃緊肌肉，鼓起血脈，和，呃…“從這場危機的根源找到一些看問題的視角”。

A moveable desk lets him do that; whenever his body threatens to stiffen into a single aching pose, he switches to another.

一個可移動的辦公桌讓他能夠如愿，每當他的身體快要僵硬成一個令他疼痛的姿勢時，他就換個姿勢。

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.

為此，男士再一次回去見裁縫，哈羅德教他怎樣挺直右腿，以便適合褲子長度，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，剛性夾塞區的情況，地表位移幅值放大效應不是很顯著。

In any case, the United States had no choice but to stiffen its position, whether in preparation for negotiation or for resistance.

無論如何，不管是準備談判還是準備抵抗，美國除了強化自己的地位以外，已別無選擇。

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.

而事實上，1967年后，疾病導致他的腿開始僵化，他甚至都已不能穿過他家所在小區走到基金會了。

And Mr. Obama will need to keep pushing in the days that follow and stiffen the spines of any wavering Democrats.

接下來，奧巴馬總統不但需要繼續推廣其改革方案，還需要穩住任何有些許動搖的民主黨人。

I was breathing hard, and my legs were beginning to stiffen .

這時我卻氣吁喘喘地開始感到腳有點僵硬。

Even though it may be difficult, during a fall try to relax your body rather than stiffen.

即使這有些困難，在跳下來的瞬間要盡量使身體放松，不僵硬。

Beijing's resistance to a strengthening renminbi is likely to stiffen if China's economy slows.

如果中國經濟放緩，中國政府可能會加強對人民幣升值的抵制。

He was a solider whose mere mention would cause Skywalker's back to stiffen and face to scowl.

他是個一旦被提到就令天行者站姿僵硬，表情糾結的士兵。

Did the radicalization in Beijing stiffen Hanoi's resistance to direct talks with Washington, thereby dooming the Polish initiative?

是北京的激進行為強化了河內反對直接與華盛頓對話的立場，然后導致了波蘭主動試探的失敗嗎？

Never stiffen your idea and never act in a Procrustean way for the stale regulations and queer ideas.

千萬不要固執你的行為，不要為了那僵硬的臭規矩、怪理念，削足適履。

Some are calling for more drastic action, though that would stiffen the headwinds blowing against a fragile economy.

一些人呼吁更嚴厲的措施，盡管那將給脆弱的經濟帶來更多的困難。

Tuesday's high CPI reading should stiffen government resolve to stay focused on controlling prices.

周二公布的CPI數據應該令政府堅定繼續控制物價的決心。

You can stiffen up the collars by dippIng them In this special liquid.

你可以把領子浸泡在這種特殊的液體里使其變硬。

One of the medications was making my fingers stiffen.

我用的一種藥物讓我手指僵硬。

a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing.

用膠劑使其變硬的粗糙的棉布纖維；用來裝訂書和加硬衣服。

These consist of shock absorbers, like those used in passive systems, but they can be adjusted to relax or stiffen when necessary.

這系統由防震器組成，如同在無源系統中使用那樣，只是它們能在有必要時調整松緊。

When you are about to kiss on the lips, keep your lips soft and relaxed; this is not the time to stiffen up.

當即將親吻到嘴唇的時候，要保持嘴唇柔軟而放松，這時可不要讓你的嘴唇變得僵硬。

a structural member used to stiffen a framework.

用于加固某個框架的構件。

Some are calling for more drastic action, though that would stiffen theheadwinds blowing fragile economy.

有些措施在號召更劇烈的動作，即使這會加劇已將經濟吹的搖搖欲墜的逆風。

The promise of a reward might stiffen their resolve.

答應給他們獎勵可以堅定他們的決心。

a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing.

粗糙的棉布纖維；用來裝訂書和加硬衣服。

Congress will stiffen oversight of offshore drilling and boost the penalties for lapses.

國會將會加強對海上鉆井的監管，并鼓勵對一些小問題的懲罰。

If she walked into classroom, our backs would stiffen and our knees would start to shake.

每當她走進教室，我們就覺得背開始發僵，兩腿開始顫抖。

Overnight, the tubes stiffen and are then installed and later filled with concrete.

很快，管道變堅固，然后進行安裝并澆注混凝土。

Mr Paulson has moved to to stiffen the Treasury's resistance to Congress over currency policy.

在匯率政策上，保爾森加大了財政部對國會的抵制力度。

cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance).

用多孔摻水的物質或粘性的物質覆蓋或變硬。

While other people stiffen their sinews with something stronger, the English constitution merely demands tea.

別國的人用更烈性的東西來增強體力，但英國人的體質卻只需要茶。

The plastic may stiffen the armature and increase its critical speed.

塑料可以加強電樞并且增加其臨界速度。