Stiffening

(noun.) the act of becoming stiff; 'stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance'.

(noun.) the process of becoming stiff or rigid.

校对:尼古拉斯

• 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.
• It was a cold day and the yellow dust was blowing down the street and Montero had been hit in the left arm and the arm was stiffening. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He is a little timid, he proceeded, stiffening himself, and walking trimly to the stairhead. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

整理:李奥娜