单词 | strong |
释义 | Word Frequency strong(strɒŋ) adjectiveWord forms: stronger (ˈstrɒŋɡə) or strongest (ˈstrɒŋɡɪst) 1. involving or possessing physical or mental strength 2. solid or robust in construction; not easily broken or injured 3. having a resolute will or morally firm and incorruptible character 4. intense in quality; not faint or feeble a strong voice a strong smell 5. easily defensible; incontestable or formidable 6. concentrated; not weak or diluted 7. a. (postpositive) containing or having a specified number a navy 40 000 strong b. (in combination) a 40 000-strong navy 8. having an unpleasantly powerful taste or smell 9. having an extreme or drastic effect strong discipline 10. emphatic or immoderate strong language 11. convincing, effective, or cogent 12. (of a colour) having a high degree of saturation or purity; being less saturated than a vivid colour but more so than a moderate colour; produced by a concentrated quantity of colouring agent 13. grammar a. denoting or belonging to a class of verbs, in certain languages including the Germanic languages, whose conjugation shows vowel gradation, as sing, sang, sung b. belonging to any part-of-speech class, in any of various languages, whose inflections follow the less regular of two possible patterns Compare weak (sense 10)14. (of a wind, current, etc) moving fast 15. (of a syllable) accented or stressed 16. (of an industry, market, currency, securities, etc) firm in price or characterizedby firm or increasing prices 17. (of certain acids and bases) producing high concentrations of hydrogen or hydroxide ions in aqueous solution 18. Irish prosperous; well-to-do (esp in the phrase a strong farmer) 19. have a strong stomach adverb 20. informal in a strong way; effectively going strong 21. come on strong Derived forms strongish (ˈstrongish) adjective strongly (ˈstrongly) adverb strongness (ˈstrongness) noun Word origin Old English strang; related to Old Norse strangr, Middle High German strange, Lettish strans courageous |
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