| 单词 | concrete |
| 释义 | concrete (once / 423 pages) 1adj 2nadjv Concrete is that pourable mix of cement, water, sand, and gravel that hardens into a super-strong building material. Sidewalks, foundations, and highways are all made of concrete. Though people use the words cement and concrete as if they were the same, they're not. Concrete has cement in it, but also includes other materials; cement is what binds concrete together. Construction workers hate when kids write their names in concrete before it hardens: once concrete hardens, it's going to be solid for a long time. When used as an adjective, concrete also means solid. If you've got concrete plans for Saturday, then you have a definite plan. WORD FAMILYconcrete: concreted, concretely, concreteness, concretes, concreting, concretion, concretise, concretism, concretize+/concreteness: concretenesses/concretion: concretions/concretise: concretised/concretism: concretistic/concretize: concretized, concretizing USAGE EXAMPLESPolice said that a search of his apartment turned up no evidence of any concrete danger to New Year’s Eve celebrations. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) It will also pay for repairs to the concrete entrance structures of the dry dock. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Movements are born in the moments when abstract principles become concrete concerns. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary 2concrete objects such as trees Syn|Ant objective belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events real, tangiblecapable of being treated as fact practicalconcerned with actual use or practice existent, realbeing or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory tangible, touchableperceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch abstract existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment conceptional, ideational, notionalbeing of the nature of a notion or concept conceptualbeing or characterized by concepts or their formation idealconstituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception ideologic, ideologicalconcerned with or suggestive of ideas nonrepresentationalof or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature impalpable, intangibleincapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch 1n a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water Hypo|Hyper cement concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement ferroconcrete, reinforced concreteconcrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses building material material used for constructing buildings pavement, paving, paving materialmaterial used to pave an area 2adj formed by the coalescence of particles Syn solid of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous 3v form into a solid mass; coalesce Hyper solidify make solid or more solid; cause to solidify 4v cover with cement concrete the walls Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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