单词 | age-hardened |
释义 | > as lemmasage-hardened age-hardened adj. hardened by ageing; (esp. of metal) subjected to age-hardening.figurative in quot. 1860. ΚΠ 1860 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 5 May 273/2 Either they understand or they are ignorant of its meaning; and, with a spirit of charity, (viewing their age-hardened, but erroneous belief on the subject,) let us presume the latter. 1939 Iron Age 5 Oct. 26/1 Localized precipitation at the grain boundaries may have a very detrimental effect in reducing the ductility of plasticity and impact strength of the age-hardened alloy. 1964 L. H. Van Vlack Elements Materials Sci. (ed. 2) xi. 315 (caption) Tensile strengths of a strain- and age-hardened alloy. 1995 S. Marty Leaning on Wind xi. 171 The ridge was bare of snow in places, covered with age-hardened drifts in others. 2010 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 20 Nov. Mix it all, sprinkle it with age-hardened Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and have some local dry white Orvieto ready to wash it down. < as lemmas |
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