核心畫面
A stone in your hand: hard, firm, keeping its own shape, not running away like water or drifting off like gas. From that one picture — matter that holds together and resists giving way — everything else grows: if a thing holds its shape it must be packed tight (no holes, no gaps), and if it holds together it is strong and can be trusted.
可以想成手裡握著一塊石頭:硬、結實、自己撐著自己的形狀,不像水會流走、也不像氣會飄散。整個 solid 都從這個畫面…更多收起
可以想成手裡握著一塊石頭:硬、結實、自己撐著自己的形狀,不像水會流走、也不像氣會飄散。整個 solid 都從這個畫面長出來——一個東西如果能撐住形狀,裡面就得塞得密密實實(沒有洞、沒有空隙);而能撐住、不散掉的東西,自然就堅固、靠得住。原始詞典資料28 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
solidadj詞源 1/ˈsɒl.ɪd/
- 1
That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
- Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
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Appreciably large in size, quantity, or value.
- Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums
- Americans increased their borrowing by a solid amount in September. But the gain was less than half the big August surge
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Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
- solid gold
- solid chocolate
- 4
Strong or unyielding.
- a solid foundation
- As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.
- 5
Continuous and heavy.
- He was covered in a fine mist by then, the night skies growing more saturated by the hour. It would be a nice, solid rain before long, he figured.
- The ground above looked like it might give out again in a solid rain. The opposite bank promised even less. The river bent around acres of mud pocked with knots of grass and cattail spikes. I was tired. Despite the dangers of camping on such unstable ground, I dragged the canoe up the bank[…]
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slangExcellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- That's a solid plan.
- Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
- 7
Hearty; filling.
- a solid meal
- 8
Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
- Theſe are they, who wanting Wit, affect Gravity, and go by the name of Solid men: and a ſolid man is, in plain English, a ſolid, ſolemn Fool.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
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Financially well off; wealthy.
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Sound; not weak.
- a solid constitution of body
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mediapublishingtypographyWritten as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
- 12
datedmediaprintingpublishingNot having the lines separated by leads; not open.
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slanggovernmentpoliticsUnited; without division; unanimous.
- The delegation is solid for a candidate.
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Of a single color throughout.
- John painted the walls solid white.
- He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
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United.
- […] the other acquired unlimited power over a solid kingdom. It would be tedious, and not very instructive, to follow the details of German public law during the middle ages : nor are the more important parts of it easily separable […]
- […] a solid New England vote. Even with all New England for him, Mr. Olney could scarcely carry the convention, because he is still hated by the populist and the labor and socialist elements of his party.[…]
- 16
datedIntimately allied or friendly with.
- […] we thus succeeded in making ourselves "solid with the administration" before we had been in a town or village forty-eight hours. The next steps in our plan of campaign were, first, to forestall suspicion in the minds of the[…]
- I wanted to get solid with him for a time while he lived, but I believe he might have been worked into Paradise with half the scheming that was necessary before he deigned to look favorably upon me.
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Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
- The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
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Entire, complete.
- Loose and undisciplined the soldier lay, / Or lost in drink and game the solid day; / Porches and schools , design'd for public good, / Uncover'd, and with scaffolds cumber'd stood, / Or nodded, threatening ruin- […]
- 19
datedHaving all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
- A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
- "What have plane figures to do with solid orbits? Solid bodies ought to be used for solid orbits."
- 20
Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
solidadv詞源 1/ˈsɒl.ɪd/
- 1
Solidly.
- True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"
- Hm-m-—These papers are complete—They make Mortimer and Matilda the legal guardians of Babs—ought to put me in more solid than ever with Miss Effie—and that home is good graft.
- 2
mediapublishingtypographyWithout spaces or hyphens.
- Many long-established compounds are set solid.
solidnoun詞源 2/ˈsɒl.ɪd/
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
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geometrymathematicssciencesA three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- 3
informalA favor.
- Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
- I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
- 4
An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- I prefer solids over paisleys.
- 5
Food which is not liquid-based.
- The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。