英语词汇“rigid”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	rigid
释义	rig·id \ˈrijə̇d\ adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French rigide, from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiff; perhaps akin to Latin regere to lead straight, guide, rule — more at right 1. a. : very firm rather than pliant in composition or structure : lacking or devoid of flexibility : inflexible in nature : hard < metals are not perfectly rigid but elastic — Charles Babbage > < a rigid totalitarian system — Harrison Smith > < rigid governmental controls > b. : stiff and unyielding in appearance < his face was rigid with pain > 2. a. : inflexibly fixed or set in opinion : scrupulously exact with respect to opinions or observances < rigid on points of theology — G.R.Crone > < a rigid Catholic > s b. : strictly observed : characterized by scrupulous exactness in observance < rigid principles of honesty > < rigid adherence to rules > < condemns the rigid observance of artistic conventions — Laurence Binyon > 3. : rigorous or harsh in character : inflexible rather than lax or indulgent : severe < rigid inquiry > < a rigid schoolmaster > < rigid treatment > 4. : precise and accurate in procedure : exact in method : characterized by an undeviating adherence to strict accuracy < rigid control of chemical composition and processing methods — Steel > 5. a. : having the gas containers enclosed within compartments of a fixed fabric-covered framework or hull that carries cabins, gondolas, and motors < a rigid airship > b. : having the outer shape maintained by a fixed framework 6. : of, relating to, or constituting a branch of dynamics in which the bodies whose motions are considered are treated as being absolutely invariable in shape and size under the application of force Synonyms: rigorous, strict, stringent: rigid may suggest stiff, uncompromising or unbending inflexibility < a rigid system, faithfully administered, would be better than a slatternly compromise — A.C.Benson > < the Mosaic conception of morality as a code of rigid and inflexible rules, arbitrarily ordained, and to be blindly obeyed — Havelock Ellis > rigorous suggests a harsh, severe, inflexible exaction or imposition unabated or unmitigated and entailing hardship and difficulty < the king, therefore, although far from clement, was not extremely rigorous. He refused the object of the appeal, but he did not put the envoys to death — J.L.Motley > < to stay in the harsh, cruel, cold climate and endure the cramped and rigorous life of the struggling back-country settlement — B.K.Sandwell > < a time-table almost as rigorous as that of the locomotive engineer — Lewis Mumford > strict implies tight conformity ruling out deviation, looseness, laxity, latitude, or mitigation < strict enforcement of the speed laws > < ritual is not easy compliance with usage; it is strict compliance with detailed and punctilious rule — W.G.Sumner > stringent suggests severe, tight restriction, constriction, or limitation that checks, curbs, circumscribes, or coerces < he bound me in the most stringent terms to say no further word to himself, his methods, or his successes — A. Conan Doyle > < the law was so stringent that magazines containing patent medicine advertising could not be shipped into the Philippines unless the formulae were published — V.G.Heiser > < the legal terms of his bondage became more stringent, the possibility of emancipation narrower, and the regulation of the emancipated more restrictive — Oscar Handlin > Synonym: see in addition stiff.
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