The sight seemed to stiffen his resolve, and he nodded.

那景象似乎坚定了的决心，点了点头。

A series of grammatically proper sentences can stiffen that line, make it less pliable.

一连串中规中矩的句子会让行文呆板，不那么灵活。

When those boundaries are crossed, an Americans body will visibly stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof.

一旦那些界线被跨过了，那个美国人的身体就会明显变得僵硬，的举止也会变得冷酷无情。

They stiffen about two to six hours later in what's known as rigor mortis.

约二时过后，尸体僵直进入所谓的尸僵。

Professor Trelawney has stiffened as though unable to believe her ears.

特里劳妮教授浑身一下子绷紧了，似乎无法相信自己的耳朵。

The line wavered at its most immediately threatened point, then stiffened again, stood firm.

人群里受到最直接威胁的几个人犹豫了一下，却随即稳住了，站定了。

Halfway through shaking Harry's hand, they stiffened, looking round at Malfoy.

两兄弟正在和哈利手，们僵住了，回头看着马尔福。

The startup, Sewbo Inc. , hardens, or stiffens, fabric with chemicals.

这家名为Sewbo Inc。的初创公司用化学物质使布料变硬。

When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from lips stiffened by a speech impediment.

她开口说话时，话语从因为言语障碍而绷得紧紧的嘴唇里笨拙地流出来。

He could feel his toes and fingers stiffen as the temperature dropped.

气温下降时，觉到的脚趾和手指都冻僵了。

I was startled to feel Edward stiffen at my side.

我惊奇地觉到爱德华在我身旁僵住了。

He started walking to the left, stopping now and again to eat muskeg berries. His ankle had stiffened, but the pain of it was nothing compared with the pain of his stomach.

转向左面走着，不时停下来吃沼地上的浆果。扭伤的脚腕子已经僵了，但是比起肚子里的痛苦，脚疼就算不了什么。

Pursing of the lips, sudden squinting of the eyes or the glare, a stiffened neck, feet that turn away from you as you engage in conversation, folding of the arms, and excess tension in the body are all clues.

抿起嘴唇，突然眯起眼睛或瞪大眼睛，脖子僵硬，在谈话中双脚远离你，双臂交叉，身体过度紧张，这些都是线索。

Over time, the increased force of blood against the arterial walls can make them stiffen, leak, or rupture, while the heart itself may simply wear out from all the extra work it's doing to keep blood moving.

随着时间的推移，血液对动脉壁的增加会使动脉壁变硬、泄漏或破裂，而心脏本身可会因为保持血液流动的所有额外工作而磨损。

" Not much choice, " said Wilson. " We can't bring the car over. Bank's too steep. We'll let him stiffen up a bit and then you and I'll go in and have a look for him."

“没有别的办法，”威尔逊说，“咱们没法把汽车弄过来。河岸太陡。咱们只得等它变得僵硬一点，然后你跟我一起进去看一看它。”

They have a crust, probably a few centimeters thick, made of highly compressed but more or less normal matter, squeezed into a kind of highly stiffened crystal state.

它们也有地壳，可有几厘米厚，或多或少是由正常物质构成的，它们经过了高度压缩，被挤压成一种高度硬化的晶体状态。

" Clear enough, " I answered, glancing at the sunshine which streamed down the open companion-way. " Fair westerly breeze, with a promise of stiffening, if Louis predicts correctly" .

" 晴朗。" 我回答，瞥了一眼从打开的升降梯大门射入的阳光， " 有很好的微弱的西风，要是路易估计得不错的话，风力可加强。"

Finally, in the bronchi, but not the bronchioles, there is also a layer of cartilage below the submucosa which stiffens the bronchus and helps to keep it open.

最后，在某些支气管中，黏液下层之下还有一层软骨；这些软骨可以使支气管变硬并且保持开放。

" Well, not much, I guess" . My arm stiffened. She must have sensed that I was hurt, because she quickly talked about something else.

" 嗯，我想不多。" 我的胳膊僵硬了。她一定觉到我不高兴了，因为她很快就谈论别的事情。

But when the emotion that leads to stiffening the lip is more intense, and involve strong muscle tension, facial feedback may heighten emotional response.

但是当这种情绪导致加劲嘴唇更加激烈，并涉及强健肌肉紧张，面部反馈可以提高情绪反应。