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VERB
變得僵硬;變得緊張;繃緊
If you stiffen, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example because you feel afraid or angry.
例句
Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice...
埃達聽到他的聲音嚇得人都僵住了。
The father's face stiffened with dismay.
父親因為悲痛而面部表情凝重。
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V-ERG
(肌肉或關節)變得僵硬;(使)變得不易彎曲;(使)變得不靈活
If your muscles or joints stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become difficult to bend or move.
例句
The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.
當肌肉變得僵硬時，皮膚的供血量就減少了。
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V-ERG
(態度或行為)變得更強硬，變得更嚴厲;(使)變得更堅定
If attitudes or behaviour stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become stronger or more severe, and less likely to be changed.
例句
Russian resistance suddenly stiffened because there was no room for retreat...
俄羅斯的反抗突然變得強硬起來，因為已經沒有退路了。
Canada has recently stiffened its immigration rules.
加拿大最近制定了更為嚴格的移民規定。
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VERB
使(布料等)變挺;使變硬
If something such as cloth is stiffened, it is made firm so that it does not bend easily.
例句
This special paper was actually thin, soft Sugiwara paper that had been stiffened with a kind of paste...
這種特殊的紙實際是一種糨糊漿過的又薄又軟的杉原紙。
They peeled cold stiffened gloves from their hands.
他們將凍得硬邦邦的手套從手上脫下來。