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concrete

/kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong- for 1-10, 13-15; kon-kreet, kong- for 11, 12/US // ˈkɒn krit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ- for 1-10, 13-15; kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ- for 11, 12 //UK // (ˈkɒnkriːt) //

混凝土,水泥,具体的,砼

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
    • : pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular: concrete ideas.
    • : representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality: The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,” and “adulthood” are abstract.
    • : made of concrete: a concrete pavement.
    • : formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated, condensed, or solid mass or state.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.Compare reinforced concrete.
    • : any of various other artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar.
    • : a concrete idea or term; a word or notion having an actual or existent thing or instance as its referent.
    • : a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing.

    • : to treat or lay with concrete: to concrete a sidewalk.
    • : to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid.
    • : to make real, tangible, or particular.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing.

    • : to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden.
    • : to use or apply concrete.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.hardened
Forms: concretes

Examples

  • It’s a decision thousands of people in the concrete jungle, and other urban centers, have had to make.

  • Most existing 3D printed buildings are made of an enriched and reinforced concrete mixture, but Mighty Buildings developed its own synthetic stone to print with.

  • We were able to include $300 million for the EPA to make concrete improvements to the local infrastructure to clean up these rivers.

  • Then different power companies might contract with different concrete companies, offering different prices or value of that work.

  • While the report may not offer much new information, it’s one of few concrete guidances available to US educators.

  • As a writer, I tried mainly to stick close to the concrete particulars of the events and the performances I was describing.

  • Finally, I hope we can share concrete actions with those who attend, and want to help in the global LGBTI liberation struggle.

  • It was the most common and concrete opportunity to do unto others as you would wish to have done unto you.

  • What had seemed to be a theoretical and almost mythical project is just about to take concrete form.

  • D.C., but it is not likely to result in any concrete and meaningful action.

  • He will find that “Ice” is a concrete word, and “Slippery” indicates a quality of “Ice” and of other things.

  • Then crouching low, he crossed the room to where the strainer top of the sewer drain was placed in the concrete floor.

  • He crossed the room to the concrete ramp that twisted up to the second story.

  • When Dr. McAllister drove into his yard he found a boy washing the concrete drives as calmly as if nothing had happened.

  • But here it is arranged in temporal sequence, thus giving us a concrete view of the man and his relation to this society.