英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈstɪfən/
• 韻: -ɪfən

動詞

stiffen (third-person singular simple present stiffens, present participle stiffening, simple past and past participle stiffened)

1. (transitive) To make stiff.
   • 1986, Melvin Dixon, “The Boy with Beer”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 33:

     As Willis spoke and tried to smile the voices inside him rang together like a bell, stiffening him and hollowing him and emptying him of his troubled song.

   • 2013 March 7, “President signs Violence Against Women Act”, in CNN‎:

     Criminal prosecutions of abusers are generally the responsibility of local authorities, but the act stiffened sentences for stalking under federal law.

   • 2016 October 11, Parija Kavilanz, “This robot makes a T-shirt from start to finish”, in CNN Business‎:

     It followed a sequence of functions: a machine cuts cloth panels to be sewn, the panels are drenched with the polymer and stiffened, a robotic arm uses suction cups to lift each panel and position it in a sewing machine. Finally, the robotic arm lifts the stitched T-shirt off the sewing machine. […] The system could work for most fabrics, with the exception of leather and waterproof materials that can't be drenched with the stiffening polymer. […] Zornow has patents pending in 10 countries for the process to stiffen fabric.

2. (intransitive) To become stiff.
   • 2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor:

     Bewildered by the unexpected greeting, my son stiffened, but managed a polite answer.

   • 2018 November 8, Dr. Melina Jampolis, “The real science behind fascia ailments”, in CNN‎:

     He does note that fascia, like most connective tissue in the body, stiffens with age, overuse and injury.

同意語

• starken

派生語

• stiffen up

関連する語

• stiff

アナグラム

• infefts