solidify

柯林斯词典

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. 更厚的熔岩需要两周才会凝固。
The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory. 能源部计划在一家斥资10亿美元的高科技工厂里凝固这些致命的废物。
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. 使稳固; 变稳固
Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特权和习惯,她的态度愈来愈顽固。
...his attempt to solidify his position as chairman. …他稳固他作为主席的地位的企图。