| 单词 | solid |
| 释义 | solid (once / 127 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3adj 4adj 5adj A solid, as opposed to a liquid or gas, has a size and shape to it. It doesn't flow like water or disappear into the air. At first glance, solid appears to be a simple word, but it really offers shades of meaning. A solid friend is dependable. If you give a solid performance, it was very good, though not quite great. Likewise, if you achieve a solid win, you win by a large, but not huge, majority. In a less figurative use, if a piece of chocolate is solid — as opposed to hollow — it is chocolate throughout. WORD FAMILYsolid: semisolid, solid-colored, solidest, solidify, solidity, solidly, solidness, solids+/solidification: solidifications/solidify: solidification, solidified, solidifies, solidifying/solidity: solidities USAGE EXAMPLESThis is a true tossup of a game between solid teams and accomplished quarterbacks. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Official data on Sunday also showed China's manufacturing sector expanded in December, indicating the world's second-largest economy is entering 2017 on solid footing. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Every year, humans generate more than a billion tons of solid waste, and that number will be closer to 4 billion by 2100. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj not soft or yielding to pressure solid ground Syn firm hard resisting weight or pressure 2adj of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous ice is water in the solid state Syn|Ant hard resisting weight or pressure coagulated, solidifiedchanged into a solid mass concreteformed by the coalescence of particles congealed, jelled, jelliedcongealed into jelly; solidified by cooling dryused of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones semisolidpartly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid solid-stateconsisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices solid-statecharacteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids liquid existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow gaseousexisting as or having characteristics of a gas fluid, runnycharacteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape liquefiable, liquifiablecapable of being liquefied liquefied, liquifiedreduced to a liquid state semiliquidsomewhat liquid wateryrelating to or resembling or consisting of water aeriform, airlikeresembling air or having the form of air aerosolised, aerosolizedin the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas evaporateddrawn off in the form of vapor gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilised, volatilizedconverted into a gas or vapor gassyresembling gas vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourousresembling or characteristic of vapor 3adj having three dimensions a solid object Syn cubic, three-dimensional having three dimensions 4n the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape Syn|Hyper solid state, solidness state, state of matter (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) 5n matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure Hypo|Hyper food, solid food any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment precipitatea precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering plasticgeneric name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives glassa brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure crystala solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure powder, pulverisation, pulverizationa solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized dry icesolidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant vitrificationa vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified leftoversfood remaining from a previous meal fresh food, fresh foodsfood that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking convenience foodany packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating chocolatea food made from roasted ground cacao beans baked goodsfoods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven loafa quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape meatthe flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food alimentary paste, pastashaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg health foodany natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health junk foodfood that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value breakfast foodany food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast garden truck, green goods, green groceries, producefresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market coconut, coconut meatthe edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries dika breadsomewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples fishthe flesh of fish used as food seafoodedible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc butteran edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use yoghourt, yoghurt, yogurta custard-like food made from curdled milk cheesea solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk slop(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink flake, snowflakea crystal of snow diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mistsmall crystals of ice sludgethe precipitate produced by sewage treatment ABS, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styreneany of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances Mylara thin polyester film thermoplastic, thermoplastic resina material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled thermosetting compositions, thermosetting resina material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded Bakelitea thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylenea material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided Vinyliteany of various vinyl resins resinoida plastic containing resins gem, gemstone, stonea crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry amino plastic, amino resin, aminoplasta plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles cellulosica plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose) coumarone resin, coumarone-indene resina thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumarone; used in coatings and paint and asphalt tile fluorocarbon plastica plastic made with fluorocarbon natural glassmagma of any composition that cooled very rapidly milk glass, opal glassa milky white translucent or opaque glass optical glassclear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses crown glassa glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk soft glassglass having a relatively low softening point ground glassglass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching ground glassparticulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive lead glassglass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index laminated glass, safety glass, shatterproof glassglass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering sodium silicate, soluble glass, water glassa viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs stained glassglass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows wire glassa glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it twins(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other ice, water icewater frozen in the solid state phenolic plastic, phenolic ureaa plastic consisting of phenolic resins polyestera complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer polypropene, polypropylenea polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material polyvinyl-formaldehydea polymer of vinyl formaldehyde Pyrexa borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry silicone resina polymeric silicone compound vinylshiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings matter that which has mass and occupies space 6n a three-dimensional shape 2Hypo|Hyper convex shape, convexity a shape that curves or bulges outward concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvaturea shape that curves or bends inward cylindera solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) polyhedrona solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces toroidthe doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus cast, mold, mould, stampthe distinctive form in which a thing is made block, cubea three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides ovoidan egg-shaped object frustuma truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed goldbricka brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not rollanything rolled up in cylindrical form rollera cylinder that revolves umboa slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum cambera slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) entasisa slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight domea concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward fossa, pita concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) corner, niche, recess, recessiona small concavity anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo, ringa toroidal shape convex polyhedrona polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon concave polyhedrona polyhedron some of whose plane sections are concave polygons prisma polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms bowl, trougha concave shape with an open top pocket, scoopa hollow concave shape made by removing something knob, node, thickeningany thickened enlargement depression, impression, imprinta concavity in a surface produced by pressing ridgeany long raised strip peak, point, tipa V shape tapera convex shape that narrows toward a point cupany cup-shaped concavity indentation, indenturea concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) pyramida polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex tetrahedronany polyhedron having four plane faces pentahedronany polyhedron having five plane faces hexahedronany polyhedron having six plane faces octahedronany polyhedron having eight plane faces decahedronany polyhedron having ten plane faces dodecahedronany polyhedron having twelve plane faces icosahedronany polyhedron having twenty plane faces Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedronany one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent truncated pyramida frustum formed from a pyramid truncated conea frustum formed from a cone prismatoida polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid trapezohedrona polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums projectionany solid convex shape that juts out from something form, shape the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance 1adj of one substance or character throughout solid gold carved out of solid rock Syn homogeneous, homogenous all of the same or similar kind or nature 2adj of the same color throughout solid color Syn self-colored, self-coloured homogeneous, homogenous all of the same or similar kind or nature 3adj entirely of one substance with no holes inside a solid block of wood Syn|Ant massive being the same substance throughout hollow not solid; having a space or gap or cavity emptyholding or containing nothing cavernousbeing or suggesting a cavern deep-set, recessed, sunkenhaving a sunken area fistular, fistulate, fistuloushollow and tube-shaped like a reed cannular, tube-shaped, tubelike, tubular, vasiformconstituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) 4adj uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks a solid line across the page solid sheets of water Syn unbroken marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence 5adj acting together as a single undiversified whole 3a solid voting bloc Syn unanimous, whole undiversified not diversified 1adj characterized by good substantial quality solid comfort a solid base hit Syn good having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified 2adj of good quality and condition; solidly built a solid foundation Syn strong, substantial sound in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay 3adj meriting respect or esteem Syn upstanding respectable characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals 4adj of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial work of solid scholarship based on solid facts Syn serious concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities 5adj providing abundant nourishment 4good solid food Syn hearty, satisfying, square, substantial wholesome conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being adj impenetrable for the eye 5solid blackness Syn opaque not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight adj financially sound the bank is solid and will survive this attack Syn sound financially secure and safe |
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