| 释义 |
cre·ate
I. \krēˈāt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English creat, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare to create — more at crescent
archaic : created
II. \(ˈ)krē|āt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English createn, from Latin creatus
transitive verb
1. : to bring into existence : make out of nothing and for the first time
< God created the heaven and the earth — Gen 1:1 (Authorized Version) >
2. : to cause to be or to produce by fiat or by mental, moral, or legal action: as
a. : to invest with a new form, office, or rank : constitute by an act of law or sovereignty
< create one a peer >
< create a new administrative post >
: appoint
< create one a judge >
b. : to produce or effect as an act of grace
< create in me a clean heart — Ps 51:10 (Authorized Version) >
c. : to bring about by a course of action or behavior
< create an impression of invincibility >
< create an opportunity to talk to someone >
< create a demand for a product by advertising >
< create a disturbance >
3. : to cause or occasion — used of natural or physical causes and especially of social and evolutionary or emergent forces
< a famine creates high food prices >
< modern science, which created this dilemma, is also capable of solving it — Bruce Bliven b. 1889 >
4.
a. : to produce (as a work of art or of dramatic interpretation) along new or unconventional lines
< created a new Hamlet >
b. : to design (as a costume or a dress)
intransitive verb
1. : to make or bring into existence something new (as something of an imaginative or artistic character) : invent
< quick to imitate but powerless to create >
2. slang Britain : to complain loudly : carry on : gripe
< don't go near him while he's creating > |