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单词 cementable
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ce•ment /sɪˈmɛnt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Building a mixture of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, etc., to form concrete, used as a building material:[uncountable]a floor made of cement.
  2. Building any soft, sticky substance that dries hard and is used for mending broken objects:[uncountable]a jar of paper cement.
  3. anything that binds or unites:[countable* usually singular]Their children were the cement of their family.

v. [+ object]
  1. Buildingto unite or join by or as if by cement: Cement part 65a to part 65b;
    set aside to dry.
  2. Buildingto coat or cover with cement:The workers cemented the floors of the apartment building.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ce•ment  (si ment),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Buildingany of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
  2. Buildingany of various soft, sticky substances that dry hard or stonelike, used esp. for mending broken objects or for making things adhere.
  3. Rocks[Petrog.]the compact groundmass surrounding and binding together the fragments of clastic rocks.
  4. anything that binds or unites:Time is the cement of friendship.
  5. Dentistry
    • a hardening, adhesive, plastic substance, used in the repair of teeth for anchoring fillings or inlays, for filling, or for fastening crowns.
    • Informal Termscementum.

v.t. 
  1. Buildingto unite by or as if by cement:to cement stones to form a wall; to cement a relationship.
  2. Buildingto coat or cover with cement:to cement a floor.

v.i. 
  1. to become cemented;
    join together or unite;
    cohere.
  • Latin, as above
  • Old French ciment
  • *caed-mentom, equivalent. to caed(ere) to cut + -mentum -ment; replacing Middle English cyment
  • Latin cēmentum, variant of caementum (singular of caementa unprocessed cuttings from the quarry, i.e., rough stone and chips)
  • 1250–1300
ce•menta•ble, adj. 
ce•menter, n. 
ce•mentless, adj. 
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged merge, join, bind, fuse, secure.

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