(verb.) make stiff or stiffer; 'Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine'.
(verb.) become stiff or stiffer; 'He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room'.
(verb.) restrict; 'Tighten the rules'; 'stiffen the regulations'.
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双语例句
I felt her stiffen away when I touched her. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
Prof. Silliman, of Yale College, however, in the fall of 1839 testified to the results claimed for it by Mr. Goodyear--that it did not melt with heat, nor stiffen with the cold. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Fifteen shillings--Threepenn'orths Rum,' said Mr Dolls, making an attempt to stiffen himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
It would seem to stiffen his backbone and make him more prolific of new ideas. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
For a moment his muscles stiffened and relaxed convulsively, then he lay still. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
He was very thirsty, his wounds had stiffened, and one of the wounds in his left arm was very painful. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
Lily flushed at the suddenness of the attack; then she stiffened under it and said coldly: And may I ask where you mean me to go? 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
His wounds had stiffened badly and he had much pain and he felt too tired to move. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
Meanwhile, the dough itself is influenced by the heat and is stiffened to such an extent that it retains its inflated shape and spongy nature. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
But they were all vague and indefinite with one another, stiffened in the fate that moved them apart. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
How different had this scene looked when I viewed it laid out beneath the iron sky of winter, stiffened in frost, shrouded with snow! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
Mr. Langton Cole calls attention to the rope truss in this illustration, stiffening the beam of the ship. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
I sha'n't be here long, he rejoined, his lips stiffening with the effort to say just so much and no more. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
She gave him back all his kiss, but after a moment he felt her stiffening in his arms, and she put him aside and stood up. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
His head hurt very much and his arm was stiffening so that the pain of moving it was almost unbearable. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
The clay for making these required a stiffening material. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
There's nothing betwixt stiffening yourself up, and throwing yourself away; take my word for that, old lady. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.