| 单词 | concrete |
| 释义 | concrete (kɒŋkriːt ) Word forms: concretes , concreting , concreted 1. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] B2 Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water. The posts have to be set in concrete. They had lain on sleeping bags on the concrete floor. ...concrete barriers. Synonyms: cement [non-technical], concretion 2. verb When you concrete something such as a path, you cover it with concrete. He merely cleared and concreted the floors. [VERB noun] 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use concrete to indicate that something is definite and specific. He had no concrete evidence. There were no concrete proposals on the table. I must have something to tell him. Something concrete. Synonyms: specific, precise, explicit, definite concretely adverb ...by way of making their point more concretely. 4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A concrete object is a real, physical object. ...using concrete objects to teach addition and subtraction. Synonyms: real, material, actual, substantial [formal] 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A concrete noun is a noun that refers to a physical object rather than to a quality or idea. 6. set in concrete/embedded in concrete phrase If a plan or idea is set in concrete or embedded in concrete, it is fixed and cannot be changed. As Mr Blunkett emphasised, nothing is yet set in concrete. Idioms: set in concrete fixed and impossible to change With expenditure plans now set in concrete for three years, slower growth would mean higher taxes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: concrete base You can buy bolts and anchors to secure containers to a concrete base and hanging baskets within reach are best padlocked to their brackets. The Sun In the minds of the hearers, the question appears in thin air with no concrete base. Christianity Today They also include closeups of key features, like the hardware that would be needed to attach the statue to its massive concrete base. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact, the 3,200 sq m building 'floats' on a concrete base to avoid digging into the archaeological remains beneath. Times, Sunday Times Our tour took us past waterlogged bronze sculpture lying waiting for its concrete base to set. Times, Sunday Times Maybe if you enjoy the sense of freedom close friends bring, you'd be ready to make more concrete commitments. The Sun This means turning pledges in principle into concrete commitments of soldiers and military hardware. Times, Sunday Times Discretionary applies to time used for activities other than specific, concrete commitments. Christianity Today He said the actor punched him to the ground, kicked him in the ribs and slammed his head on a concrete driveway. The Sun Today, the gravel lane has been replaced by a concrete driveway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Presence of lawns and concrete driveways concentrates runoff onto the riverbank, weakening it further. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only go hunting for concrete evidence if you are sure you are ready to junk the relationship if you find it. The Sun (2006) They just could not find concrete evidence. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I found no concrete evidence of any real friends. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This tenet of rational expectations theory can be most easily understood through a concrete example. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (1995) We can point to the polls as a very concrete example any time we are trying to sell ourselves. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We also introduce a new concrete example of a totient. 1996, 'Some characterizations of totients', International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences By giving a concrete expression of thanks, the abstract reality (our feeling of gratitude), the crucial part, becomes more real to us. Christianity Today A sensible person examining the archeological evidence will inevitably conclude that human creativity found its first concrete expression in cave paintings-that the image came before the word. Times, Sunday Times Ideas spread most rapidly when they have found adequate concrete expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two were in the kitchen concrete floor, beneath plastic lino tiles, a third was isolated within the garden and the fourth was beneath the patio. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It has strip lighting, ' waiters' in welly boots and puddles on the mottled concrete floor. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Steel fixtures co-exist with smoothly finished walnut millwork and a concrete floor. Globe and Mail (2003) Fishes decorate most of the machines and a border of blue paint divides the concrete floor from the Artex walls. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK There is an old concrete floor inside. The Sun (2015) It has a wood-frame structure on a concrete foundation with exposed stone veneer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tower's circular concrete foundation has a diameter of 30 m. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rubble tower was replaced in 1856 by a brick tower built on a concrete foundation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a raised masonry and concrete foundation and low hipped roof. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The house was originally built on a post-and-piling foundation, with a partial concrete foundation added at a later date when a basement was excavated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And we won't do that by driving a pink van; we'll do it through concrete measures from the classroom to the boardroom. Times, Sunday Times More concrete measures to protect schools have been ruled out. Times, Sunday Times However, it eased to $47.78 later amid scepticism at the lack of concrete measures. Times, Sunday Times At long last there were concrete measures on tax and duty to help the 'just about managings'. The Sun However, the announcement stopped short of concrete measures, such as an output freeze or cut, and crude prices fell back as traders expressed scepticism about co-ordinated action. Times, Sunday Times A stone false front over the entrance has a segmental arch and a concrete panel with the school's name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A 2.2m thick concrete panel was then placed over the foundation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A prestressed concrete panel was built along the embankment to reduce noise emissions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1978 the original gymnasium was removed and a three story concrete panel wing was built, a three story brick structure, and a new gym was added. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It contains a number of housing estates, consisting mainly of prefabricated concrete panel blocks, housing a total of approximately 90,000 people (about one sixth of the city's total population). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The maintenance men don't know how it happened, but some of the paint has run down the wall onto the brickwork and concrete path below. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Running the length of that passage is a narrow concrete path. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They pushed open the wire-mesh gate and walked stolidly up the concrete path. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2001) There had been no concrete pillar to protect his family. Times,Sunday Times She was trapped beneath a toppled concrete pillar which pinned her legs down - but protected her from falling masonry. The Sun A concrete pillar shielded him from the worst of the impact. Times,Sunday Times The train stalled at the top, then slid backwards, crashing into a concrete pillar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, the arches transfer their load through large hinges, which transfer load to a concrete pillar, and eventually to the ground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The deal marks the first concrete plan for disarmament in more than three years of six-nation negotiations. The Sun Yesterday the company explained that there was no concrete plan. Times, Sunday Times They failed to agree on a concrete plan, however, saying that they would freeze production 'provided that other major producers follow suit'. Times, Sunday Times The industrial strategy next week will, we hope, be the start of a concrete plan. The Sun However, there was no concrete plan to achieve this. Times, Sunday Times Reinforced concrete platform canopies replaced the original timber canopies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It reopened in 1980 with a concrete platform and benches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consisted of a single concrete platform 140 feet long; a waiting shelter was provided during 1924. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, this was not built to the proper specifications so was demolished in 1912; a larger concrete platform was added in its place in 1932. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The station consists only of a concrete platform and an open-air shelter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Driving to hospital for kidney dialysis in 2002, she crashed into a concrete post, sustaining multiple internal injuries. Times, Sunday Times A concrete post at the summit has a metal container strapped to it, this contains a visitor book. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an unpainted concrete post with a metal gallery, supported by two vertical concrete bars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The concrete posts and red-brick inspection housing made the compound look like a prison. Times, Sunday Times It was based around worshipping the concrete posts the washing-line was suspended from. Times, Sunday Times And where's the concrete proof that it will work? The Sun We now have concrete proof that the arsonists and looters were nearly all hardened criminals. The Sun His four on that 568-yard par-five was concrete proof that a great chip and putt can mask a multitude of sins. The Sun However, there has been no concrete proof of any progress. Times, Sunday Times This was not just great theatre but concrete proof of the bond of trust between band and audience. Times, Sunday Times Among the very few concrete proposals the two jointly unveiled this week was a 10 per cent 'patent box' corporation tax. Times, Sunday Times Talks were extremely informal and no concrete proposals were discussed. Times, Sunday Times Almost all the concrete proposals put forward involve extracting more money from banks, which are already under pressure to lend more into the real economy. Times, Sunday Times There should be no criticism of the players, because it was only late yesterday that their union received concrete proposals from counties. Times,Sunday Times Labour had expected concrete proposals to be outlined this week and was surprised when the government unveiled a consultation instead. Times, Sunday Times This approach helps connect ideas with concrete reality. Christianity Today He may have had deep misgivings, but carefully avoided asking the questions that might have turned them into concrete reality. Times, Sunday Times Now fantasy collides with concrete reality. Times, Sunday Times Supposedly, mathematics succeeds by informing us about abstract reality, whereas analytic philosophy tries but fails to inform us about concrete reality. The Times Literary Supplement They are also useful because they can be applied to concrete reality itself, as in natural science. The Times Literary Supplement Concrete rubble from a nearby skip had been put on her body and in her mouth. The Sun The yard was overflowing with junked cars, tires, broken furniture, and concrete rubble. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Made of iron plates and filled with concrete rubble, it can still be seen next to the lighthouse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A crumbling stone water basin, concrete rubble from houses, and a destroyed well are nearly all that remain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, an estimated 600,000 tonnes of concrete rubble will need to be removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It takes the great horseshoe-shaped concrete slab, which will become a balcony, and droops it down at the corners, like a handlebar mustache. Globe and Mail (2003) The only way to keep it away would be to pour a thick concrete slab over the whole garden. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This paper describes a novel composite tubular truss bridge with concrete slab and concrete-filled rectangular chords. 2015, 'Double-composite rectangular truss bridge and its joint analysis', Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online) The lift that bypasses the concrete stairs barely fits two people and the windows rattle as red double-decker buses drive by. Times,Sunday Times Up the concrete stairs are six big bedrooms, four of which have ensuites, and a large family bathroom. Times, Sunday Times Instead, he quietly took the lift to the sixteenth floor, climbed a flight of mouldy concrete stairs to the roof, and threw himself off. Times, Sunday Times The concrete stairs leading up to the former building can still be seen today. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the other end, a single flight of 60 concrete stairs was built. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His mood turns more serious as we flash past concrete step safety barriers. The Sun The 49 laws, representing as they did the first major concrete step toward economic redistribution, were strenuously resisted by business and the former political establishment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The establishment of this business was the first concrete step in permanent settlement of the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She politely explained she lives in a maisonette up 15 concrete steps and has no garden. The Sun Up to now, what concrete steps have you taken to address these needs or get involved in these issues? Christianity Today Scratch beneath that concrete surface however and you will find some of the most beautiful buildings north of the border. The Sun They say it has not only tradition but a particularly fine quality to the rattling, gritty concrete surface. Times, Sunday Times She hit her head on the concrete surface. The Sun The concrete surface of some motorways and main roads could be replaced to create quieter and smoother routes. Times, Sunday Times A pipe to the concrete surface at ground level provided air. Globe and Mail The beautiful period houses are interspersed with concrete tower blocks. Times, Sunday Times The views of grim concrete tower blocks speak volumes. Times, Sunday Times No more boxy estates next to motorways or ugly concrete tower blocks on the edges of towns. The Sun Brutal grey concrete tower blocks, most likely. Times, Sunday Times The concrete tower bases were 84ft 6 high and 60ft 3 square in side dimensions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A concrete walkway spans part of the length of the 1 mi beach. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Around the remaining perimeter of the square runs an elevated concrete walkway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The train platforms are situated on a concrete walkway, with stairways providing access. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Improvements included the installation of an accessible creative play structure, a decorative fountain, concrete walkway, a community centre and a skateboarding area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building's interior takes the form of a gently rising concrete walkway that takes visitors up from classical antiquity to the modern age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The redesigned dummy will be subjected to a new full-frontal crash test in which a car is driven at 30mph into a concrete wall. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He drew up his knees and rolled into a fetal position facing the concrete wall. THE ASSOCIATE (2001) Some victims were stranded with a concrete wall on one side and a precipice on the other, with nowhere to escape being crushed and trampled. The Sun (2008) The charred wreckage of the car was embedded in a concrete wall. Times, Sunday Times (2011) So they just pour concrete over them and leave them there. Times, Sunday Times They poured concrete in to fill the hole. Times, Sunday Times Inside, the walls are made from compressed wood offcuts, and the storage units from the resin board used to shutter poured concrete. Times, Sunday Times The plan involved pouring concrete over a beach and using materials totally out of keeping with the granite pier. Times, Sunday Times His desk, bed and stool will be made of poured concrete, his mirror of steel. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 混凝土, 明确具体的, 浇混凝土给 道路等 Japanese: コンクリート, 具体的な, コンクリートで固める |
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