单词 | real |
释义 | real (once / 12 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3adv 4n Something real is genuine. If you inherit some jewelry, you'll have to take it to an expert to know if those diamonds are real or just cubic zirconia, which looks like a diamond but isn't worth nearly as much. That seven footed monster your big brother used to tell you frightening stories about isn't real, and neither, sorry to say, is Santa Claus, because to be real, something has to actually exist. Real has roots in the Latin word res, meaning "thing." We also use real to mean "significant," like when we say something is a real problem, or when we say we're really, truly sorry about something. In old Spain or Brazil, a real is a coin. WORD FAMILYreal: realer, reales, realest, realism, reality, really, realness, reals, reis, unreal+/irreality: irrealities/realism: realisms, realist, realistic, unrealism/realist: realists/realistic: realistically, unrealistic/reality: irreality, realities/really: reallys/unreal: unreality, unreally/unrealism: unrealisms/unrealistic: unrealistically/unreality: unrealities USAGE EXAMPLES“There’s a real stickiness. People are here for a reason. It’s a good place to do business,’ Gary Campkin said. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) ABC’s night of sitcoms wraps up at 9:30 with “The Real O’Neals” and some self-doubt from Eileen, the family’s matriarch. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) But the real game-changing gadget here is not on the weight room floor. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory real objects real people a film based on real life a real illness real humility "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow Syn|Ant existent concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary echt, genuinenot fake or counterfeit actualtaking place in reality; not pretended or imitated actual, factualexisting in act or fact documentary, objectiveemphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation historicalhaving once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary realisticaware or expressing awareness of things as they really are sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria counterfeit, imitativenot genuine; imitating something superior artificial, unrealcontrived by art rather than nature supernaturalnot existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material dreamedconceived of or imagined or hoped for envisioned, pictured, visualised, visualizedseen in the mind as a mental image eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeilcreating the illusion of seeing reality fabled, legendarycelebrated in fable or legend fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitiousformed or conceived by the imagination fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythologicalbased on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity fanciful, imaginary, notionalnot based on fact; unreal fantastic, fantasticalexisting in fancy only hallucinatorycharacterized by or characteristic of hallucination illusional, illusionarymarked by or producing illusion illusive, illusorybased on or having the nature of an illusion make-believe, pretendimagined as in a play unrealisticnot realistic insincerelacking sincerity 2adj being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something Syn actual, genuine, literal true consistent with fact or reality; not false 3adj coinciding with reality Syn veridical realistic aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are 4adj no less than what is stated; worthy of the name the real reason real war a real friend a real woman meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal it's time he had a real job it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money Syn|Ant proper having all the qualities typical of the thing specified truerightly so called unreal not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary deceptive, delusorycausing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true dreamlike, surrealresembling a dream phantomsomething apparently sensed but having no physical reality 5adj not to be taken lightly statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real Syn serious concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities 6adj capable of being treated as fact his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor Syn tangible concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary 7adj having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary Syn|Ant material, substantial material derived from or composed of matter insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial lacking material form or substance; unreal aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, etherealcharacterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air shadowy, wraithlikelacking in substance stringyconsisting of or containing string or strings immaterial, nonmaterialnot consisting of matter 8adj of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation real prices real income real wages Ant nominal of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation 9n any rational or irrational number 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper real number dot product, inner product, scalar product a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors rational, rational numberan integer or a fraction irrational, irrational numbera real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number transcendental numberan irrational number that is not algebraic algebraic numberroot of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients fractionthe quotient of two rational numbers complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 adj (of property) fixed or immovable 3real property consists of land and buildings Syn tangible (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value adv used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal 4I'm real sorry about it Syn rattling, really, very 1n the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos Hyper Brazilian monetary unit monetary unit in Brazil 2n an old small silver Spanish coin Hyper coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
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