stiffens

v.

（使）变硬，（使）强硬( stiffen的第三人称单数 )；

1. This lignification serves to stiffen and strengthen the cells.
   木质化足以使细胞变硬和增强。
2. This sort of grease could not stiffen when the temprature drops.
   温度下降时，这种润滑脂不会变稠。
3. The promise of a reward might stiffen their resolve.
   答应给他们奖励可以坚定他们的决心。
4. He stiffened at the insult.
   他听到这些侮辱的话，态度强硬起来。

The dorsal involuting marginal zone stiffens anisotropically during its convergent extension in the gastrula of Xenopus laevis
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ROK-induced cross-link formation stiffens passive muscle: reversible strain-induced stress softening in rabbit detrusor.
Dexamethasone Stiffens Trabecular Meshwork, Trabecular Meshwork Cells, and Matrix.
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The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis