3 to become or make something firm or more difficult to bend:
5 to become nervous and less relaxed:
I stiffened when I saw him coming toward me.
The author reported that the lethal effect of testosterone was because it ' stiffens the blood vessels'.
He wanted to stiffen the resolve of employers in both the public and private sectors to resist wage claims.
This is due to the fact that significantly more production hours were required to fabricate the sandwich panels than the more conventionally stiffened panels.
In many countries equal opportunities legislation has been stiffened and increased importance has been attached to minimum wage provision.
The major factor in declining lung function is loss of lung elasticity, aggravated by stiffening of the chest wall and reduced respiratory muscle strength.
The problem of oscillatory behaviour due to manipulator flexibility has traditionally been solved by mechanically stiffening the manipulator.
Her pelvis was raised at the back, so that she was continually lifting her heels from the -oor and stiffening her legs while playing.
For the welded, biaxially stiffened concept, the material and tooling "value-per-pound" factors were not significantly different.
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僵硬, 變僵硬, 變得不易彎曲…
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僵硬, 变僵硬, 变得不易弯曲…
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endurecer(se), fortalecer, endurecer…
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endurecer…
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固くなる(固くする), こわばる(こわばらせる)…
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sertleş(tir)mek, katılaş(tır)mak, kaskatı kesilmek…
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(se) raidir…
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enrigidir…
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