solidify

1. V-T/V-I When a liquid solidifies or is solidified, it changes into a solid. 使凝固; 凝固

The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify. 更厚的熔巖需要兩周才會(huì)凝固。

The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory. 能源部計(jì)劃在一家斥資10億美元的高科技工廠里凝固這些致命的廢物。

2. V-T/V-I If something such as a position or opinion solidifies, or if something solidifies it, it becomes firmer and more definite and unlikely to change. 使穩(wěn)固; 變穩(wěn)固

Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特權(quán)和習(xí)慣,她的態(tài)度愈來愈頑固。

...his attempt to solidify his position as chairman. …他穩(wěn)固他作為主席的地位的企圖。