Cement
[sɪ'ment] or [sə'mɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) something that hardens to act as adhesive material.
(noun.) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar.
(noun.) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; 'they stood on the grey cement beside the pool'.
(noun.) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
(verb.) make fast as if with cement; 'We cemented our friendship'.
(verb.) bind or join with or as if with cement.
(verb.) cover or coat with cement.
卡拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
(n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
(n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
(n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
(n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
(n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
(n.) To unite firmly or closely.
(n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
(v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
編輯:兰尼
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Mortar.[2]. Bond of union.
v. a. Unite, connect, attach, join.
v. n. Unite, cohere, slick together.
整理:维维安
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Bind, bond, unite, perpetuate, consolidate
ANT:Detach, dissolve, dissociate, disintegrate, divorce
編輯:勒罗伊
解釋/意思:
n. anything that makes two bodies stick together: mortar: a bond of union.—v.t. to unite with cement: to join firmly.—n. Cementā′tion the act of cementing: the process by which iron is turned into steel glass into porcelain &c.—done by surrounding them with a cement or powder and exposing them to heat.—adjs. Cement′atory Cementi′tious having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.
汉克整理
例句/造句/用法:
- I determined to go into the Portland cement business. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- One night, after receiving a satisfactory report of progress from Mr. Mason, superintendent of the cement plant, he said: The only way to keep ahead of the procession is to experiment. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- With any unaffected individual Shirley could easily and quickly cement an acquaintance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In 1902 the American output of cement was placed at about 21,000,000 barrels, valued at over $17,000,000. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Mr. Edison's storage battery and the poured cement house have not yet reached the stage of great commercial enterprises, and therefore have not yet risen to the dignity of patent litigation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I organized a company and started cement-works which have now been running successfully for several years. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- One of the improvements in the manufacture and use of modern _cements_ and artificial stones consists in their application to the making of streets and sidewalks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Miscellaneous H istory of various Artificial Materials ,--Ena mel, Porcelain, various cements, etc. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It is idle to accuse him of leaving education alone, because the idea that empires must be cemented by education was still foreign to human thought. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Biot on the action of fluids on light, he placed the fluids in a trough formed by two plates of glass cemented together at an angle. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The window in the cold room has three sets of sash, well packed or cemented. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- It is an accretion of power around a center of influence, cemented by patronage, graft, favors, friendship, loyalties, habits,--a human grouping, a natural pyramid. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It is then warmed gently and the glue applied, which is so very strong that the parts thus cemented never separate. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Indeed, even the platinum point, which in the early form of the Reis transmitter pressed against the platinum contact cemented to the centre of the diaphragm, was a microphone. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- These coarse particles, or clinkers, absorb water very slowly, are practically inert, and have very feeble cementing properties. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When a solution is mixed with acetic or nitric acid it remains liquid, but still retains its power of cementing; in this state it is called liquid glue. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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