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cemented

/si-ment/US // sɪˈmɛnt //UK // (sɪˈmɛnt) //

胶合剂,胶结的,胶结,胶结成的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
    • : any of various soft, sticky substances that dry hard or stonelike, used especially for mending broken objects or for making things adhere.
    • : Petrography. the compact groundmass surrounding and binding together the fragments of clastic rocks.
    • : anything that binds or unites: Time is the cement of friendship.
    • : Dentistry. a hardening, adhesive, plastic substance, used in the repair of teeth for anchoring fillings or inlays, for filling, or for fastening crowns.Informal.cementum.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to unite by or as if by cement: to cement stones to form a wall; to cement a relationship.
    • : to coat or cover with cement: to cement a floor.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become cemented; join together or unite; cohere.

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Examples

  • By capping a retired landfill with cement and capturing the methane produced by it, these offset programs can avoid the climate-warming contribution of that methane.

  • Ice within rock fissures acts like cement, keeping parts of the mountain together.

  • I use Ultracal 30, which is a gypsum cement to make a negative mold.

  • To reach the high temperatures required to produce steel and cement, coke — processed high-grade coal — is typically used.

  • The problem is, China is just beginning to explore the use of hydrogen for steel and cement.

  • The film also cemented its Rocky Horror status with a limited late-night theatrical run.

  • These feats, among others, have cemented him as an artist whose talents continue to push the limits of effective storytelling.

  • Trierweiler leaves the Elysée Palace having never cemented her place there with a leery French public.

  • Court papers report, “Together, they packaged the remains and then re-cemented the area.”

  • His prominence was cemented by an appearance in a video of a tank ambush that killed hundreds of Russian soldiers in 1996.

  • And the words, hitherto un-united, which are thus cemented together, are called Extremes.

  • You can then test yourself on the work by calling to mind whatever you have thus cemented together.

  • The rush up the Nile had not begun, and travellers had not yet cemented their travelling acquaintanceships.

  • A concretion of rounded quartz pebbles, cemented by ferruginous matter, apparently of recent formation.

  • Calcareous incrustations, including fragments of madrepores, and of shells, cemented by splintery carbonate of lime.