solidify /səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/ ( solidifying, solidified, solidifies )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When a liquid solidifies or is solidified, it changes into a solid. 使凝固; 凝固

  例：

  The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify.

  更厚的熔岩需要两周才会凝固。

  例：

  The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory.

  能源部计划在一家斥资10亿美元的高科技工厂里凝固这些致命的废物。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If something such as a position or opinion solidifies, or if something solidifies it, it becomes firmer and more definite and unlikely to change. 使稳固; 变稳固

  例：

  Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit.

  由于特权和习惯,她的态度愈来愈顽固。

  例：

  ...his attempt to solidify his position as chairman.

  …他稳固他作为主席的地位的企图。