英语词汇“strong”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	strong
释义	strong I. \ˈstrȯŋ also ˈsträŋ\ adjective (stron·ger \-ŋgə(r)\ ; stron·gest \-ŋgə̇st\) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strang; akin to Old High German strango strongly, strengi strong, brave, hard, Old Norse strangr strong, severe, Latin stringere to bind tight, press together — more at strain 1. a. : having great muscular power : capable of exerting great bodily force < strong as a bull > b. : accomplished or supported by marked physical power < rows with a strong stroke > < strong kick > < strong thrust with a spear > 2. a. : able to bear or endure : robust, rugged < strong runner > < strong health > b. : able to withstand stress or violence : not easily broken or injured < strong furniture > c. : tending to higher prices — sometimes distinguished from firm < a strong market > 3. : having or exhibiting moral or intellectual force, endurance, or vigor < mistook an opinionated mind for a strong one — C.H.Sykes > < strong ruler > < strong president > 4. a. : having great resources of wealth < strong bank > < strong national economy > or of talent < strong cast of actors > < among the stronger teams in the baseball league > b. : being of a specified effective number — used postpositively < army 10 thousand strong > < each choir was over 150 strong — Warwick Braithwaite > 5. a. : striking or superior of its kind : capable of making a clear or deep impression especially on the mind or imagination < bears a strong resemblance to his father > < strong picture > b. : effective or efficient especially in a particular direction : able to accomplish a result < if you are strong on logic — W.J.Reilly > c. : massive, important < strong vein of coal > d. : full 3e(1) e. of printing type or a slug : cast slightly over point size 6. a. : having a particular quality in a great degree : intense in degree : concentrated < strong salt solution > < strong coffee > < strong dislike > < strong light > < strong feelings of the farmers about foreign competition — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > b. : extreme, uncompromising < strong views on raising children > < denounced in the strongest terms > c. of a color : high in chroma d. : containing a large proportion of alcohol < strong beer > e. : having a high degree of ionization in solution — used of an acid or a base < hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid are strong acids > — compare weak 11 f. of tobacco : having a high nicotine content or otherwise strongly flavored < perique is a strong tobacco > g. : having great refractive or magnifying power < strong lens > < uses strong eyeglasses > 7. obsolete : gross, flagrant, notorious < heinous, strong, and bold conspiracy — Shakespeare > 8. : urgent, compelling < strong grounds for believing him guilty > < strong desire for recognition > 9. : ardent, zealous < the whole family are strong Republicans > < strong believer in astrology > 10. : moving with force or rapidity < strong tide > < strong wind > < strong pulse > 11. a. obsolete : difficult, hard b. : relatively hard to digest : solid < strong foods > 12. a. : not easily captured or subdued < strong fortress > < strong military position > b. : well established : firmly fixed : not easily altered or eradicated < strong prejudice > < strong belief > < strong custom > c. : not easily upset or nauseated < strong stomach > < strong head for hard liquor > 13. : having an offensive or too intense odor or flavor < strong cheese > < strong breath > 14. of soil : productive, fertile 15. of flour or wheat : containing a high percentage of gluten : cohesive and tenacious and producing bread of good texture and form 16. a. of a verb : forming its past tense by a change in the root vowel and its past participle usually by the addition of -en with or without change of the root vowel (as strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk) — opposed to weak; compare irregular b. of a noun or adjective declension : retaining the old declensional endings characteristic of the vowel stems in Proto-Germanic — opposed to weak 17. a. : bearing a degree of stress greater than the minimal degree occurring in the language < strong stress > < strong syllable > < strong ending of a line of verse > b. : emphatic — used of forms of chiefly monosyllabic words (as pronouns, auxiliaries) that have minimal stress in some contexts < am is a strong form in “I'm not going today but I am going tomorrow” > < Modern English off descends historically from the old strong form of of > 18. chiefly Australia a. of wool : broad-haired or coarse-fibered b. of sheep : having such wool : strong-woolled Synonyms: stout, sturdy, stalwart, tough, tenacious: strong is a general term indicating marked physical power, great size or number, soundness for withstanding strain, or marked force, vigor, or intensity < a strong constitution > < a strong army > < a strong brace > < strong liquor > < a strong color > stout suggests power to resist or endure; of things it is applicable to a texture or construction resisting strain, and of persons to an ability to resist with undaunted resolution < mooring the ship with stout ropes > < stout fences for keeping the cattle in > < the stout defenders of the fortress > < and let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons — F.D.Roosevelt > sturdy applies to what is marked by staying power or resistance arising from firm resolution, rugged or vigorous growth, or solid construction < it was easy in this country to idealize the farmers as the sturdy yeomanry who embodied all the virtues associated with the original Anglo-Saxon love of liberty — John Dewey > < a kick delivered with all the strength of the blacksmith's sturdy leg sent him sprawling on all fours — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > stalwart may suggest a firm, strong dependability, often accompanied by notable mental or physical strength < it is a hard life: those that survive are stalwart, rugged men, literally mighty men of valour who neither know nor desire comforts — L.D.Stamp > < a stalwart Federalist, he was a good hater of all Jacobins — V.L.Parrington > tough may suggest resistant, vigorous hardiness able to withstand hard strain and enervation < a tough and durable material > < the toughest old salts imaginable — not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit — R.L.Stevenson > < a tough ruthless power bent on dominating the world and suppressing our freedom — Vannevar Bush > tenacious implies a stubborn or resolute holding on, retaining, maintaining, or adhering despite forces that would discourage, weaken, dislodge, or thwart < her power of recuperation was wonderful. There was something tenacious about that lily-frail body of hers, a clutch on existence which one could not reconcile with its patent weakness — Jack London > < stubborn, willful, tenacious, undiscouraged by adversity — T.H.Fielding > • - strong for II. adverb Etymology: Middle English stronge, strong, from Old English strange, from strang strong (adjective) : strongly < had the love of adventure strong in their Irish blood — Irish Digest > < still going strong after 40 years of hard work > < reversible … topcoat … is coming back strong — New Yorker > < wind blowing strong from the West > III. noun (-s) Etymology: strong (I) : forte 2
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