| 释义 |
[ bilt ] / bɪlt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR built ON THESAURUS.COM
verbsimple past tense and past participle of build. adjectiveInformal. - of sound or sturdy construction: These cars are really built.
- having a good physique or figure: That lifeguard is really built!
Nautical. noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces: built frame; built spar. OTHER WORDS FROM builtwell-built, adjectiveWords nearby builtbuilding trades, build into, build on, build on sand, buildup, built, built cane, built-in, built-in obsolescence, built-up, built-up roof Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for builtHis life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services. Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth. Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built. The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle. The Gospel According to Nick Denton—What Next For The Gawker Founder?|Lloyd Grove|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to a military spokesperson, Boko Haram had built a “female wing” in its command structure. The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls|Nina Strochlic|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Raud had another exceptionally large ship, the longest in Norway, and till the "Crane" was built the swiftest also. Famous Sea Fights|John Richard Hale Like everything else in the Congo, this town has been arranged and built for practical use. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State|Marcus Dorman It was evident that new shops must be built on a larger and more comprehensive scale than any that had gone before. The Story of the Pullman Car|Joseph Husband The first mosque was built at Canton, where after several restorations, it still exists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2|Various How can a system, built upon a stout and impudent denial of self-evident truth--a system of treating men like cattle--operate? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
British Dictionary definitions for built
verbthe past tense and past participle of build 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 Idioms and Phrases with built
see made (built) to order; not built that way; Rome wasn't built in a day. Also see under build. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to builtmade, manufactured, completed, produced, finished, created, fabricated, assembled, constructed, stacked, strapping, put together, ample, shapely, voluptuous, well-rounded, busty, full-figured, well-proportioned, athletic |