stiffening

n.

（使衣服等）变硬的材料；

v.

（使）变硬，（使）强硬( stiffen的现在分词 )；

stiffening rib加劲肋；加强肋

stiffening ring补强圈；加劲环

1. Push the Sport Plus button to get maximum attacking performance and a valve closes inside the airbags to halve their volume, instantly stiffening the springs.
   推动体育加按钮最高攻击性能和关闭阀门内的安全气囊的数量减少一半，立即变硬的泉水。
2. Cigarette smoking also leads to stiffening of the arteries and further eleation of the blood pressure.
   吸烟也会导致血管壁的硬化同时进一步引起血压升高。

Ventricular Arterial Stiffening
SOLAR MODULE WITH A STIFFENING LAYER
Impact of arterial stiffening on left ventricular structure
Ventricular Arterial Stiffening Integrating the Pathophysiology
Arterial stiffening as a possible risk factor for both atherosclerosis and diastolic heart failure.
Age- and gender-related ventricular-vascular stiffening: a community-based study.
Mechanics of stimulated neutrophils: cell stiffening induces retention in capillaries
Direct, high-resolution measurement of furrow stiffening during division of adherent cells
Cross-linking of glycated collagen in the pathogenesis of arterial and myocardial stiffening of aging and diabetes.
Matrix metalloproteinase-3 genotype contributes to age-related aortic stiffening through modulation of gene and protein expression.