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单词 concrete
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concretenoun [ U ]

uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/

B2 a very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water:

reinforced concrete
a concrete floor/path
a grey concrete building

More examples

  • The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.
  • The foundation of the house is built from rubble overlaid with concrete.
  • A row of reinforced concrete pillars supports the bridge.
  • Weeds were pushing up through the cracks in the concrete.
  • Don't walk on the concrete until it has set.

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Building materials

  • adobe
  • airbrick
  • asbestos
  • asphalt
  • bitumen
  • boarding
  • flitch
  • floorboard
  • flooring
  • hard core
  • hardboard
  • lacquer
  • limestone
  • razor wire
  • reinforced concrete
  • roofing
  • rubble
  • screed
  • shingle
  • siding

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concreteverb [ T ]

uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/UK

to cover something in concrete:

Why did you concrete over that nice garden?

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Covering and adding layers

  • asphalt
  • bestrew
  • binder
  • blanket
  • blindfold
  • carpet
  • coat
  • film
  • film over
  • fur
  • gild
  • gum sth up
  • inlay
  • lag
  • pad
  • proof
  • resurface
  • seal
  • swathe
  • whitewash

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concreteadjective

uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/

C1 clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen or felt:

They think she killed her husband, but they have no concrete evidence.
We have a general idea of what we want, but nothing concrete at the moment.

More examples

  • 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.
  • I have a suspicion that he's having an affair, though I don't have any concrete proof.

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Certainty

  • (as) clear as day idiom
  • (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
  • and that's flat! idiom
  • assured
  • assuredly
  • bet
  • cut and dried
  • decided
  • decidedly
  • definite
  • definitely
  • doubt
  • indeed
  • natch
  • pronounced
  • proof positive
  • seal
  • set/put the seal on sth idiom
  • shadow
  • signed and sealed idiom

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