Before it solidified, it was just regular sand.

在凝固之前，它只是普通的沙子。

We knew that it was formed from sandstone that solidified somewhere between 150 and 300 million years ago.

我们知道它是由1.5亿到3亿年前在某地固化的砂岩形成的。

In theory, you need molten iron in the core to generate one, but Mercury is so small, its core should have long since solidified.

理论上，你需要核心里的熔化铁来产生它，但是水星很小，它的核心凝固还要很久。

Most crystalline rocks are much more solid; a common exception is basalt, a form of solidified volcanic lava, which is sometimes full of tiny bubbles that make it very porous.

大部分结晶岩石都非常坚硬，但也有例外，最常见的就是玄武岩，它是一种火山岩浆凝固后的形态，内部充满了微小的气泡，因此也具有多孔渗水的特点。

Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit.

由于特权和习惯,她的态度愈来愈顽固。

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。

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。

From my earliest years, it became a solidified tradition to go on long drives throughout New England to witness the foliage change, snack on candy and donuts.

从我很小的时候，就有一个固定不变的传统，长途驾车穿越新英格兰去见证树叶的变化，享受糖和甜甜圈。

But it was a chance stumbling upon a run-down, yet functional, laboratory in his late grandfather's home that solidified the young man's enthusiasm for chemistry.

但是一次偶然的机会，他发现已故祖父家有一个破旧但功能齐全的实验室，正是这个发现使得这位年轻人确定了他对化学的热情。

Then their ideas were solidified.

此后，他们的思想统一了。

A solidified animal or vegetable oil.

固化的动物或植物油。

His hat, flower and sailor-costume solidified over time.

他的帽子、花儿以及水手装束随时间的推移已经变得不可分割。

Any liquid could be solidified under the certain conditions.

任何液体在一定条件下均可固化。

His rule was solidified with the policy of carrot and big stick.

胡萝卜加大棒的政策使他的统治更加巩固了。

The 2010 census solidified many trends that began in the past century.

2010年的人口普查凝结了很多自上世纪就开始的趋势。

Perhaps your associations with key people are being solidified for the future.

或许，你可以巩固和重要人物的关系，以备将来之需。

The HTML5 specification is getting close to being solidified and unchanging, right now in 2011.

而HTML 5规范正接近于固化不变，就是现在，2011年。

The second thing that HSBC can point to is that its strategy is solidified by the change at the top.

其次，可以让汇控欣慰的是，高层的更迭使他们的战略得以巩固。

Typically, however, using good oo habits pays off in the long run, as future changes are greatly solidified.

但是，通常，使用优秀的OO习惯从长远来看十分划算，因为将极大地巩固未来更改。

The rumors haven't become reality but have solidified people's belief of regulations coming along with taxation.

这个谣言至今还没有变成现实，但是已牢固了人们对于网上贸易的征税想法。

Normally, he said, volcanologists have to do "postmortem studies" of long-solidified magmas or study active lava.

据马施的经验，一般情况下，火山学家只能就凝结成岩的岩浆做一些“马后炮”的工作，或者在火山喷发的时候以熔岩为研究材料。

Now that Putin has solidified his grip on power, he no longer seems overly concerned with courting Western approval.

现在普京已经牢牢的掌握住了权力，他不再过分关心西方的赞同。

Once the molten debris coalesced into the moon, the theory goes, its crust solidified over several hundred million years.

进一步的理论说明，一旦熔化的碎片合并到月球上，月球的地壳凝固时间超过了几亿年。

Some, like the diver Guo Jingjing, 26, are already big-name athletes who solidified their reputations during these Games.

像今年26岁、已经大名鼎鼎的郭晶晶在这一次比赛中又添辉煌。

Mr Obama has not only solidified his hold over his core constituents—blacks, the young, independents and educated white liberals.

奥巴马不仅紧密的团结了黑人、青年人、中立选民以及受过良好教育的白人自由党人作为他的核心选民，而且成功地瓦解了希拉里的联盟：在弗吉尼亚他获得了52%白人选民的支持，而希拉里只获得了47%；

Once finished, the solidified shape is cleaned of residual slurry and heated in a furnace to sinter the ceramic particles together.

一旦打印完成，便从剩余的陶浆中清理出凝固的物体并在火炉中加热以使陶瓷颗粒固定。

As he moved closer, the chimney solidified, grew darker than the dark around it, as if an unlit passageway into some greater darkness.

当他靠近的时候，烟囱静立在那儿，比周围还要黑暗，就像从一个没有灯的走廊走进更黑的黑暗里面。