concrete

英 ['k??kri?t] 美['kɑ?krit]

反義詞

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復數(shù):?concretes;第三人稱單數(shù):?concretes;過去式:?concreted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?concreting;副詞:?concretely;

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、固化成一個有形的整體、實體。

concrete 混凝土的，具體的

con-, 強調(diào)。-cre, 生長，創(chuàng)造，詞源同create, crescent. 即長到一起的，聚合成塊的。

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.

1. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.: 建筑工人在8根細柱上架起輕巧的混凝土穹頂。

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。

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。

4. Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete.: 最終，水會滲透進周圍的混凝土中。

5. A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.: 在粗糙不平的水泥窗臺上有一條細細的發(fā)光水印。