toughen
美音:
[´tʌfən
]英音:
[´tʌfən
]v.(使)变坚韧,(使)变顽固
难易程度:
toughen为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:toughener 动词过去式:toughened 过去分词:toughened 现在分词:toughening 第三人称单数:toughens
toughen
/'tʌfn; `tʌfn/
v [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p] ~ (sth/sb) (up) (cause sth/sb to) become tough or tougher (使某事物[某人])(更)坚韧, 坚强, 强硬
*The law needs toughening (up). 需要加强法制的威力.
* toughened glass 钢化玻璃.
toughen
v alsotoughen up [I and T]
to become tougher, or to make someone or something tougher
toughened glass
Three years in the army toughened him up.