harden /ˈhɑːdən/ CET4 TEM4 ( hardening, hardened, hardens )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When something hardens or when you harden it, it becomes stiff or firm. 使变硬; 变硬

  例：

  Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens.

  在混合物变硬之前，趁热将其塑造成形。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed. (使) 更坚定; (使) 更强硬

  例：

  Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners.

  他们的举动只会使土地所有者们的态度变得强硬。

• 3. 

  hardening N-SING 强硬化

  例：

  ...a hardening of the government's attitude toward rebellious parts of the army.

  …政府对军队中反叛分子的态度的强硬化。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I When events harden people or when people harden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before. 使变得冷酷无情; 变得冷酷无情

  例：

  Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart.

  她常年醉酒吵闹让我的心麻木了。

• 5. 

  V-I If you say that someone's face or eyes harden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry. (表情或目光) 突然显得严峻

  例：

  His smile died and the look in his face hardened.

  他的微笑消失了，脸上的表情突然显得严峻。

• 6. 

  N a rough fabric made from hards 亚麻织物