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stick-built

/stik-bilt/US // ˈstɪkˌbɪlt //

棍棒式建筑,粘土建筑,粘性建筑,棍棒式建造的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    • : built piece-by-piece at the construction site, as opposed to factory-built.

Examples

  • Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.

  • His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.

  • He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

  • The Virologist By Andrew Marantz, New Yorker How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.

  • After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”

  • You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.

  • I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.

  • The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.

  • The private chapel, built out from the house on the side next Calne, had not been used for years and years.

  • He hardly recognised himself, for, the foundations being shaken, all that was built upon them trembled too.