Hardening

(noun.) the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact).

(noun.) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; 'the hardening of concrete'; 'he tested the set of the glue'.

(noun.) abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue.

阿尔塔编辑

• Now this won't do, said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I have, returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, I have heard it all. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• After the engraver has worked out the design in intaglio the die is put through the operation of hardening, after which, being cleaned and polished, it is called a matrix. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Of course, the same hardening of the organic conditions affects the physiological structures which are involved in thinking. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Now, they say, said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, that this kind o' trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The plate is then taken to be Harveyized by cementation, hardening, and tempering, as seen in Figs. 260, 261, and 262. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He was saved from hardening effects by the abundant kindness of his heart and his belief that human life might be made better. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In many cases, it is a gradual hardening process on both sides,--the owner growing more and more cruel, as the servant more and more callous. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Without some new dynamic force America, for all her tradition, is not immune to a hardening formalism. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Processes for hardening steel, as the Harveyized steel, have given rise to a contest between irresistible projectiles and impenetrable armour plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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