| 单词 | hard |
| 释义 | hard (once / 16 pages) 1adjadv 2adjadv 3adjadv 4adjadv 5adjadv 6adj 7adj 8adj 9adv Hard is the opposite of "easy." If you're just beginning an exercise routine, don't push yourself too hard in the beginning, to avoid injury. Hard can mean "difficult," but it can also mean "rigid." A hard surface is one that doesn’t give way, like stone. If things are tough for you, you might tell someone you’re having a hard day. If someone gives you hard liquor, watch out — that’s the strong stuff. If you’re a teacher, you want to make your examinations hard enough to be challenging, but not impossible. If you’re stubborn, people might call you hardheaded. WORD FAMILYhard: harden, harder, hardest, hardly, hardness, hards, semihard+/harden: hardened, hardening, hardens/hardened: hardeneder, hardenedest, unhardened/hardening: hardenings/hardly: hardlys/hardness: hardnesses USAGE EXAMPLESBut it’s hard to be objective when the scale is still creaking beneath your feet. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) One reason is that the detritus from an infection of the lung is hard to clear. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Why is it so hard to lose weight and keep it off? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj resisting weight or pressure Syn|Ant adamantine having the hardness of a diamond al denteof pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten corneous, hornlike, hornymade of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) firm, solidnot soft or yielding to pressure granitelike, granitic, rocklike, stonyhard as granite hardened, setconverted to solid form (as concrete) woodymade hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls petrous, stonelike(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness semihardsomewhat hard steelyresembling steel in hardness unyieldingresistant to physical force or pressure soft yielding readily to pressure or weight brushed, fleecy, napped(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing cheeselikehaving the consistency of cheese compressible, squeezablecapable of being easily compressed cottonyresembling cotton; as soft as cotton cushioned, cushiony, paddedsoftened by the addition of cushions or padding demulcent, emollient, salving, softeninghaving a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin downlike, downy, flossy, fluffylike down or as soft as down flacciddrooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness flocculent, woolly, woolyhaving a fluffy character or appearance yieldinglacking stiffness and giving way to pressure mushyhaving the consistency of mush overstuffedupholstered thickly and deeply semisoft, softishsomewhat soft spongelike, spongy, squashy, squishyeasily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility velvet, velvetyresembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface 2adj dried out hard dry rolls left over from the day before Syn stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age 3adv into a solid condition 2concrete that sets hard within a few hours 1adj not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure why is it so hard for you to keep a secret? Syn|Ant difficult demanding requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill ambitious, challengingrequiring full use of your abilities or resources arduousdifficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviablehard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughmaking great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe catchy, trickyhaving concealed difficulty delicate, ticklish, touchydifficult to handle; requiring great tact fractiousunpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome hard-foughtrequiring great effort herculeanextremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules nasty, tightexasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent rocky, roughfull of hardship or trials rugged, toughvery difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution seriousrequiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve tallimpressively difficult thornybristling with perplexities troublesomedifficult to deal with tryinghard to endure vexedcausing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed effortfulrequiring great physical effort easy posing no difficulty; requiring little effort undemandingrequiring little if any patience or effort or skill casual, effortlessnot showing effort or strain cleanwithout difficulties or problems cushy, easygoing, softnot burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematiceasy and not involved or complicated hands-downachieved without great effort painlessrequiring little hard work or exertion simplifiedmade easy or uncomplicated smoothlacking obstructions or difficulties user-friendlyeasy to use effortlessrequiring or apparently requiring no effort softcompassionate and kind; conciliatory simplehaving few parts; not complex or complicated or involved 2adj characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort hard labor Syn arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome effortful requiring great physical effort 3adj unfortunate or hard to bear had hard luck Syn tough bad having undesirable or negative qualities 4adv with firmness held hard to the railing Syn firmly 5adv with effort or force or vigor the team played hard worked hard all day pressed hard on the lever hit the ball hard slammed the door hard 6adv with pain or distress or bitterness he took the rejection very hard 7adv causing great damage or hardship industries hit hard by the depression Syn severely 8adv slowly and with difficulty 3prejudices die hard 1adj dispassionate took a hard look a hard bargainer Syn|Ant difficult not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewdused of persons case-hardened, hard-boiled, hardenedused of persons; emotionally hardened steelyresembling steel as in hardness merciless, unmercifulhaving or showing no mercy insensitivedeficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive toughnot given to gentleness or sentimentality soft compassionate and kind; conciliatory mellowhaving attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience tendergiven to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality warmheartedmarked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity 2adv earnestly or intently 4thought hard about it stared hard at the accused 1adj very strong or vigorous a hard left to the chin Syn knockout, severe strong having strength or power greater than average or expected 2adv to the full extent possible; all the way 5hard alee the ship went hard astern swung the wheel hard left 1adj given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors a hard drinker Syn heavy, intemperate indulgent characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone 2adv indulging excessively 6Syn|Ant heavily, intemperately lightly indulging with temperance 1adj produced without vibration of the vocal cords Syn|Ant surd, unvoiced, voiceless whispered spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords soft, sonant, voiced produced with vibration of the vocal cords 2adj (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum 7Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants Syn|Ant velar produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') soft (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant, stridentof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') palatal, palatalised, palatalizedproduced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') adj (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source 8Syn|Ant concentrated diffuse, diffused, soft (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected adj being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content 9hard liquor Syn strong alcoholic characteristic of or containing alcohol adv very near or close in space or time it stands hard by the railroad tracks they were hard on his heels a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening |
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