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单词 caseharden
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caseharden

[ keys-hahr-dn ]
/ ˈkeɪsˌhɑr dn /
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verb (used with object)

Metallurgy. to make the outside surface of (an alloy having an iron base) hard by carburizing and heat treatment, leaving the interior tough and ductile.
to harden in spirit so as to render insensible or insensitive to external impressions or influences; make callous.

Origin of caseharden

First recorded in 1670–80; case2 + harden

Words nearby caseharden

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Example sentences from the Web for caseharden

  • I have a peculiar kind of steel which I cannot harden by fire and water, neither will it caseharden by prussiate of potash.

    Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.--No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878|Various

British Dictionary definitions for caseharden

case-harden

verb (tr)

metallurgy to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
to harden the spirit or disposition of; make callousexperience had case-hardened the judge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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