concrete
英 ['k??kri?t]
美 ['kɑ?krit]
- adj. 混凝土的；實(shí)在的，具體的；有形的
- vi. 凝結(jié)
- vt. 使凝固；用混凝土修筑
- n. 具體物；凝結(jié)物
助記提示
1、con- "together" + cret- + -e.
2、字面含義：grow together. => solid, actual, building material made from cement.
3、由抽象、松散、虛無縹緲的狀態(tài)將其凝聚、固化成一個(gè)有形的整體、實(shí)體。
中文詞源
concrete 混凝土的，具體的con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-cre, 生長(zhǎng)，創(chuàng)造，詞源同create, crescent. 即長(zhǎng)到一起的，聚合成塊的。
英文詞源
- concrete
- concrete: [14] In origin, something concrete is something that has ‘grown together’. The word comes, via Old French concret, from Latin concrētus, the past participle of concrēscere ‘grow together’, hence ‘harden’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and crēscere ‘grow’ (source also of English crescent, increase, and accrue). Its original application in English was fairly general – referring to that which is solid or material; its use for the building material did not emerge until the early 19th century.
=> accrue, crescent, decrease, increase - concrete (adj.)
- late 14c., "actual, solid," from Latin concretus "condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted," figuratively "thick; dim," literally "grown together;" past participle of concrescere "to grow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). A logicians' term until meaning began to expand 1600s. Noun sense of "building material made from cement, etc." is first recorded 1834.
雙語例句
- 1. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
- 建筑工人在8根細(xì)柱上架起輕巧的混凝土穹頂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.
- 你的決定必須轉(zhuǎn)化為具體明確的行動(dòng)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded.
- 滾燙的液體潑在水泥地面上又濺了起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete.
- 最終，水會(huì)滲透進(jìn)周圍的混凝土中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
- 在粗糙不平的水泥窗臺(tái)上有一條細(xì)細(xì)的發(fā)光水印。
來自柯林斯例句