| 词汇 | concrete |
| 释义 | concrete noun[ U ] uk /ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/ us /ˈkɑːn.kriːt/ B2 a very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water: 混凝土 reinforced concrete钢筋混凝土 a concrete floor/path混凝土地面／道路 a grey concrete building灰色的混凝土建筑物 The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.防空洞有厚达3米的混凝土墙。 The foundation of the house is built from rubble overlaid with concrete. A row of reinforced concrete pillars supports the bridge.一排钢筋混凝土柱子支撑着桥梁。 Weeds were pushing up through the cracks in the concrete. Don't walk on the concrete until it has set.混凝土还没凝固之前别在上面走。 Building materials acoustic tile adobe agglomerate airbrick asphalt drywall fibro fixing flagged flagstone particle board paving prestressed putty razor wire two-by-four unreinforced wattle wattle and daub weatherboarding concrete verb[ T ] UKuk /ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/ us /ˈkɑːn.kriːt/ to cover something in concrete: 用混凝土覆盖 Why did you concrete over that nice garden?你为什么把那个漂亮的花园铺上混凝土？ Covering and adding layers additive asphalt bestrew bind blanket blindfold film film over gum gum something up inlaid lag retread seasoned slap slap something on smother something in/with something spackle tent wax concrete adjective uk /ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/ us /ˈkɑːn.kriːt/ C1 clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen or felt: 确定的，确实的；具体的，有形的，实在的 They think she killed her husband, but they have no concrete evidence.他们认为她杀死了自己的丈夫，但是没有确凿的证据。 We have a general idea of what we want, but nothing concrete at the moment.我们对需要什么有个大致的想法，可是具体的东西目前还没有想好。 Opposite abstract(GENERAL) It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete. He drew attention to the absence of concrete evidence against the defendant.他使大家注意到，可以证明被告有罪的确凿证据并不存在。 I have a suspicion that he's having an affair, though I don't have any concrete proof. Certainty (as) clear as dayidiom (as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom and that's flat!idiom assure someone of something assured deffo definite definitely definitive definitive answer ironclad irrefutable irrefutably make no mistake (about it)idiom mistake unreserved unreservedly watertight would you can bet your lifeidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: True, real, false, and unreal concrete | American Dictionaryconcrete noun[ U ] us/ˈkɑn·krit, kɑnˈkrit/ concretenoun[U] (HARD MATERIAL)a very hard building material made by mixing together cement (= powdered substance), sand, small stones, and water: concrete steps concrete adjective us/ˈkɑn·krit, kɑnˈkrit/ concreteadjective (CERTAIN)based on sure facts or existing things rather than guesses or theories: Police have no concrete evidence linking him to the crime. We have not yet received a concrete proposal. English If a statement, argument, or discussion is concrete, it is based on actual things and particular examples. Examples of concreteconcrete They must work to improve themselves through an investigation of their concrete situation, not by trying to attain some abstract image of the ideal. Thus, the royal itinerary dramatized in concrete terms the fact that the king was ruling, and consequently it formed a central element of his power. In other words, unity is preserved, and the totalisation-of-envelopment as the integration of concrete individuals remains a secure possibility. Language isn't spoken in a void, but is borne by concrete historical and social conditions at the time and place of its utterance. One and the same word will occupy a completely different hierarchical place in the utterance as a concrete social act. The real explanation (as opposed to bare description) of events rests in the powers and liabilities of the concrete objects involved. The scientific literature has focused on certain concrete cases involving the timing of neural events and reported mental reflection. The fundamental point is that the community, the neighborhood, determined one's worth in society in a very concrete manner. Each point was located by a concrete marker set flush with ground level. Doubtless it is time to illustrate these abstract considerations with a concrete example. The debate over the middle peasantry can only be resolved by referring to concrete situations. Truth exists not in universal propositions but in concrete experience. Furthermore, the movement from one to another can be viewed as a movement from the abstract to the concrete. After a short search they found a half brick made of concrete and went over to the water through. Nowadays the concrete manifestation of the social economy is a world economy. See all examples of concrete These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withconcreteconcreteThese are words often used in combination with concrete. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. layer of concrete Any guilt, untruthfulness, or inauthenticity is reserved for the ultimately redundant layerofconcrete block - an unforeseen layer necessitated by timing, skill, economics, and a need for certainty. poured concrete Then we have what in my opinion is the worst of all, that is to say, the pouredconcrete house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 pouring concrete These building techniques were not isolated to pouringconcrete, but were and are widely used in masonry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with concrete |
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