Build

[bɪld]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) improve the cleansing action of; 'build detergents'.

(verb.) found or ground; 'build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation'.

(verb.) build or establish something abstract; 'build a reputation'.

(verb.) give form to, according to a plan; 'build a modern nation'; 'build a million-dollar business'.

(verb.) order, supervise, or finance the construction of; 'The government is building new schools in this state'.

(verb.) develop and grow; 'Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera'.

(verb.) be engaged in building; 'These architects build in interesting and new styles'.

阿维斯整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

(v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

(v. t.) To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.

(v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

(v. i.) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

(n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

克里斯整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.

v. n. Construct edifices.

汉密尔顿校對

同義詞及反義詞：

[See CONSTRUCT]

手打:托马斯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to erect as a house or bridge: to form or construct as a railway &c.—v.i. to depend (with on upon):—pa.p. built or build′ed.—n. construction: make.—ns. Build′er one who builds or who controls the actual work of building; Build′ing the art of erecting houses &c.: anything built: a house.—p.adj. Built formed or shaped.—Build in to enclose by building; Build up to close up by building as a door: to erect any edifice as a reputation: to edify spiritually as the church.

手打:洛雷塔