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Harden V Maturity Late Hɑ:Dn V.变硬,变坚强 英 变硬,变坚强(Cause

单词 harden
音标 ['hɑ:dn]
解释 v.变硬,变坚强
红宝书 【英】 v. 变硬,变坚强(cause sth to become hard)
【考】 ripen : maturity / harden : solidity(使成熟结果是成熟/ 硬化结果是坚硬)反义词:macerate(浸 软)
【例】 The varnish takes a few minutes to harden.
字源 harden (n.)
c.1200 (replacing Old English heardian) "to make (something) hard," from hard + -en (1). Meaning "to become hard" is late 14c. Related: Hardened (figurative sense of "unfeeling" is from late 14c.); hardening.
不择手段背单词 v. 使变硬; 使坚强(能经受住身体的或精神上的困苦)
【类】ripen: maturity = harden: solidity使成熟的结果是成熟 = 硬化的结果是坚硬
【反】macerate(v 浸软)
趣味全助记 【记】hard + en

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