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单词 well-hardened
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well-hardenedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈhɑːdnd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈhɑrd(ə)nd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and hardened adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., hardened adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + hardened adj.
Fully or thoroughly hardened (in various senses).
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1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 356 Till the poynt of hir stretcher be well hardned againe.
1585 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Second Pt. First Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xvii. f. 61 Before his spere did breake, the sharpe and well hardened head did pearce through the ill tempered harneis.
1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1906) iv. 409 Here a well hard'ned active youth we see, Taught the great Art of chearful Poverty.
1674 R. Hooke Animadversions Machina Cœlestis 67 A Center or Point of Steel, very well turn'd, hardned and sharp, which is to move in a conical hole fit to receive it, of as good and well hardned Steel.
1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. 285 The parapet of earth was so compact and well-hardened, that it was soon thought proper to discontinue the attempt on that side.
1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 437 A strong rod of well hardened brass.
1832 H. Harkness Descr. Singular Aboriginal Race inhabiting Neilgherry Hills ii. 37 At one end of the village is the well-hardened circle, on which the oxen tread out the larger kind of grain.
1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. iv. 127 A powerful double-barrelled rifle,..with 14 drams of powder and a well-hardened bullet.
1939 Pop. Sci. Aug. 171/1 To scrape and sand off old, well-hardened paints and varnishes has always required considerable skill.
1984 Jrnl. Peace Res. 21 184/1 This dramatic improvement in warhead yield has increased the single-shot kill probability (against well-hardened Soviet missile silos) to 80 percent.
2011 in A. Henry & J. Stewart Mortars, Renders & Plasters 107 Reverse-carved timber or well-hardened plaster master moulds were sufficient for gypsum-poured models without undercut.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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