solidify

verb

/səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they solidify	/səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/
he / she / it solidifies	/səˈlɪdɪfaɪz/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪz/
past simple solidified	/səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/
past participle solidified	/səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪd/
-ing form solidifying	/səˈlɪdɪfaɪɪŋ/ /səˈlɪdɪfaɪɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] solidify (into something) | solidify (something) to become solid; to make something solid（使）凝固，变硬，变得结实
- The mixture will solidify into toffee.这种混合物凝固后就成了太妃糖。
- The paint had solidified in the tray.油漆在托盘里凝固了。
- solidified lava固结熔岩
Topics Physics and chemistryc2
[intransitive, transitive] (formal) (of ideas, etc.观念等) to become or to make something become more definite and less likely to change（使）变得坚定，变得稳固，巩固
- solidify (into something) Vague objections to the system solidified into firm opposition.先前对这一制度不大明朗的反对演变成了坚决的抵制。
- solidify something They solidified their position as Britain's top band.他们巩固了自己作为英国顶尖乐队的地位。